Functionalities
Because there is a community behind Research Survey, new functionalities are constantly being added. These are always available to everyone, at no extra cost. All functionalities can be turned on or off, depending on the needs of the project. A “how-to” page is provided for the administrator, and we can add short explanation videos on this if needed.
Each project gets its own domain (www.example.com) which is forwarded to a subdomain of researchsurvey.nl. There you will get your own homepage, participant explanation page, logo, project colors, and whatever else you need.
To ensure security, we recently started to offer a 2-way login. This means you not only need a username and password to login as an administrator, but you also get an extra check by SMS text.
Digital questionnaires
Reminders
Study number lookup
when a collaborator needs to fill out a survey, for example a lab result, they sometimes do not have the study number present. They can fill out the local patient ID on the homepage, and get the corresponding study number. This can, of course, not be done the other way around, for privacy reasons.
Randomize
if needed, you can randomize within the inclusion of a new participant. The system provides allocation variants (like 1:2), block randomization, and stratification between locations
Pregnancy dependent variables
when working with pregnancy-related questionnaires, the system can send invitations and reminders based on pregnancy duration, and add the pregnancy duration to each questionnaire automatically
Home dashboard
when the administrator (usually the principal investigator) logs in, you will find a dashboard with all functionalities, a graph with new participants, and other
Multiple accounts
there is always at least one administrator account. Some projects require temporary accounts for a monitor with limited access, for example
Email log
it can be difficult to know why someone does not reply to a survey invitation. The email log will show you if an invitation was delivered, and if the email was opened. This way, you can at least weed out invalid email addresses
Overview table
the administration page can show you a lookup table. This table shows all participant study numbers in one column, then green arrows or red crosses for each survey. This way you can see who is filling out what from just one table
Mass communication
you can send an email to all participants straight from the administrator menu which allows you to, for example, thank everybody for participating, or send them an update, and involve them even more in your project