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| ====== Instructions for building a question code in Lime Survey ====== | ====== Instructions for building a question code in Lime Survey ====== | ||
| - | 1. LimeSurvey does not allow for delimiters, so code is solely built up from lower and uppercase letters and numbers | + | LimeSurvey does not allow for delimiters,so code is solely built up from lower and uppercase letters and numbers. |
| - | 2. If your question is not an ‘exception’, see list below, then follow the scheme below | + | - If your question is not an ‘exception’, see list below, otherwise follow the scheme below. |
| - | 3. The question code starts with a capital letter for the type of information: | + | - The question code starts with a capital letter for the type of information: |
| - | P Patient or respondent characteristics excluding health status and medical history | + | |
| - | C Contextual characteristics of the data collection process excluding patient health status and medical history | + | |
| - | M Medical history, excluding baseline health status | + | |
| - | H Heath status over time, including baseline values | + | |
| - | I Intervention information | + | |
| - | 4. Every questionnaire is subsequently identified with 2 to 10 capital letters, you can choose whatever letters you like as long as there are no other questionnaires with the same letters in the LS environment | + | * P Patient or respondent characteristics excluding health status and medical history |
| - | 5. Individual questions are numbered from 001.......n. | + | * C Contextual characteristics of the data collection process excluding patient health status and medical history |
| - | 6. When a next version of the questionnaire is introduced add a lower case v after the two questionnaire letters, the next version thereafter will be vv, etc. | + | * M Medical history, excluding baseline health status |
| - | 7. When there are sub-questions add a capital letter, starting at A.....Z for first 26 sub-questions, AA, AB..... up to ZZ for the next 676 sub-questions, after the question number or version letter (if there is one) | + | * H Heath status over time, including baseline values |
| - | 8. When you temporarily add a question then add a lower case t after the sub-question letter(s) if they exist, otherwise directly after the question number or version letter | + | * I Intervention information |
| - | 9. When you want the answer to a question being copied to another instant (round) of the same questionnaire or to another questionnaire add a lower case c after the sub-question letter(s) if they exist, otherwise directly after the question number or version letter. | + | |
| - | 10. If the answer to the question is a score that is calculated from other answers add to the very end SCORE (capital letters). | + | - Every questionnaire is subsequently identified with 2 to 10 capital letters, you can choose whatever letters you like as long as there are no other questionnaires with the same letters in the LS environment |
| + | - Individual questions are numbered from 001.......n. | ||
| + | - When a next version of the questionnaire is introduced add a lower case v after the two questionnaire letters, the next version thereafter will be vv, etc. | ||
| + | - When there are sub-questions add a capital letter, starting at A.....Z for first 26 sub-questions, AA, AB..... up to ZZ for the next 676 sub-questions, after the question number or version letter (if there is one) | ||
| + | - When you temporarily add a question then add a lower case t after the sub-question letter(s) if they exist, otherwise directly after the question number or version letter | ||
| + | - When you want the answer to a question being copied to another instant (round) of the same questionnaire or to another questionnaire add a lower case c after the sub-question letter(s) if they exist, otherwise directly after the question number or version letter. | ||
| + | - If the answer to the question is a score that is calculated from other answers add to the very end SCORE (capital letters). | ||
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| As stated in rule 2 there are exceptions to question codes: Special questions have a special code, check the list below. | As stated in rule 2 there are exceptions to question codes: Special questions have a special code, check the list below. | ||
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| - | + | {{:userzone:userdoc:making_your_questionnaires_limesurvey:examplelsquestioncode.png?600|}} | |
| !! The [] are just to visually group numbers and letters here, they should not be used in the questioncode itself!! | !! The [] are just to visually group numbers and letters here, they should not be used in the questioncode itself!! | ||
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