Averages of Daily Controls
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The primary reason for using this screen is in IBS control.
You accomplish that as follows:
(1) Decide some Symptom Severity Level readings you
are interested in, say your higher readings.
(2) Set the Symptom Severity Level filter accordingly.
(3) Then this screen will show you the averages of your
behavior on just those days that you had such higher
readings.
The question asked on this screen is exactly the opposite
of the question asked of a 'Daily Controls Profile'. Here
you first name the Symptom Severity Level values, then
ask what behavior caused them, whereas for a 'Daily
Controls Profile' you first name the behavior and then ask
what Symptom Severity Level values it resulted in. The two
questions are the same question from different directions,
so between the two you can ascertain the connection
between a 'Daily Control' and your Symptom Severity
Level values.
Your 'Daily Controls' also serve many purposes in your
life besides diabetes control. Primarily of course you are
using them to control your IBS. However they have an
interest in their own right. Many of these other interests as
well as their use for your IBS control involve knowing what
is the 'average value' of a certain 'Daily Control'
barometer over a period of time. For example, you might
engage in a weight lifting body building program, and you
might want to know if your average top weight lifted this
year was an improvement over last year. Or within IBS
control, you might want to know if your average daily
calories were higher in Winter than Summer and by how
much. Or 'is your average stress level greater on
weekends or workdays' over a long period of time. Or
perhaps you are tracking your city's air pollution index
each day and you want to know its average value over the
last year, or last year compared to three years ago, or
Summers versus Winters.
For many reasons you may want to know the average
values of your 'Daily Controls' and IBS Analysis
provides this screen for doing it.