Should I analyse each bit of MYMOP separately, symptom 1, symptom2, activity, wellbeing; or should I just use the profile score?
The profile score is useful, as an average of all the others, but it does lose information in the process. It is good to describe the changes in Symptom 1&2, Activity, and Wellbeing separately as well as the profile when you are presenting your results. With some chronic conditions it may be hard to get a big symptom improvement, but if wellbeing improves that may be very important to the patient. Conversely with more acute or responsive conditions treatment may change the symptoms and activity scores dramatically, and the wellbeing may change less because so many social and personal things affect it.
