Tracker index

Many of the trackers are flexible and can be used to track different kinds of outcomes. The index below shows which trackers to use for particular purposes.

Specific activities and outcomes:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A
Aerobic conditioning – use Pulse
Aerobics – use Time/duration
Alcohol consumption – use Behavior count (for number of drinks)
Asthma – use Peak expiratory flow, Behavior check-off (for symptoms and medicines taken), Behavior count (for symptoms and medicines taken), or Rating (for symptom severity)

B
Basal body temperature – use Temperature
Baseball – use Game/match/competition (for game scores)
Basketball – use Game/match/competition (for game scores)
Behavior – use Behavior check-off, Behavior count, or Rating
Bird watching – use Behavior check-off or Behavior count
Blood pressure – use Blood pressure
Blood sugar (glucose) – use Blood sugar

C
Calories – use Calories
Cardiovascular health – use Blood pressure or Pulse
Child behavior – use Behavior check-off, Behavior count, and/or Rating
Child growth – use Height/Length, Weight, and/or Rating (percentiles; use 100 point scale)
Chess – use Game/match/competition (for match results)
Chores – use Behavior check-off
Comments – use Notes
Competitions – use Game/match/competition (for competition results)
Cycling – use Time/duration, Distance, or Time and distance

D
Descriptions – use Notes
Diabetes – use Blood sugar
Diary – use Notes
Dieting – use Calories and Weight

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E
Epilepsy – use Behavior check-off or Behavior count for seizures and/or medication use
Events (when something occurred) – use Behavior check-off
Exercise – use Behavior count, Distance, Time/duration, or Time and distance

F
Fertility – use Temperature (for basal body temperature)
Fetal kicks (more info [new window]) – use Time/duration
Football – use Game/match/competition (for game scores)
Frequency (proportion of time) – use Rating

H
Happiness – use Rating
Heart health – use Blood pressure or Pulse
Height – use Height/Length
Hockey – use Game/match/competition (for game scores)
Hypertension – use Blood pressure and possibly Pulse
Hypoglycemia – use Blood sugar

I
Illness – use Behavior check-off, Rating and/or Temperature
Infant feeding – use Behavior check-off or Behavior count (such as amount of milk drunk or food eaten)

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L
Lacrosse – use Game/match/competition (for game scores)
Length – use Height/Length

M
Medication use – use Behavior check-off or Behavior count
Menstrual cycle – use Menstrual cycle
Mood – use Rating

N
Notes – use Notes

O
Ovulation – use Temperature (for basal body temperature)

P
Pain – use Rating
Peak expiratory flow – use Peak expiratory flow
Pain – use Rating
Percentiles – use Rating (use 100 point scale)
Pregnancy planning – use Temperature (for basal body temperature)
Pulse – use Pulse

R
Racquetball – use Game/match/competition (for match scores)
Rating – use Rating
Reading – use Behavior count (for number of pages read) and/or Time/duration
Respiratory function – use Peak expiratory flow
Running – use Time/duration, Distance, or Time and distance

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S
Seizures – use Behavior check-off or Behavior count
Skiing – use Time/duration, Distance, or Time and distance
Sleep – use Time/duration
Smoking – use Behavior count (for number of cigarettes smoked)
Soccer – use Game/match/competition (for match scores)
Softball – use Game/match/competition (for game scores)
Strength training (including push-ups, sit-ups, etc.) – use Behavior count and/or Time/duration
Stress – use Rating
Studying – use Time/duration
Swimming – use Time/duration, Distance, or Time and distance
Symptom severity – use Rating

T
Tasks – use Behavior check-off
Temperature – use Temperature
Tennis – use Game/match/competition (for match results)
Therapy or treatment sessions – use Behavior check-off or Behavior count
Time or duration of an activity – use Time/duration
Track and field – use Height/Length for personal bests/best mark of day for field events

U
Ultimate (Frisbee) – use Game/match/competition (for game scores)

V
Vitamin use – use Behavior check-off or Behavior count
Volleyball – use Game/match/competition (for game scores)

W
Walking – use Time/duration, Distance, or Time and distance
Weight – use Weight
Weightlifting – use Behavior count and/or Time/duration
Work – use Time/duration

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