It seems simple. Write some questions. Paste them into REDCap. Hit send. But anyone who has written a survey knows it is not that easy. This guide will help you write and design REDCap surveys that engage respondents and help you get the data you...
Wondering how to improve your REDCap survey response rates? This REDCap Tip of the Month describes four potential ways to increase the completion rate of your surveys....
When you are designing forms, REDCap will show you a preview of the variables you are building. But it will not show you if your branching logic or calculations actually work as designed. To test logic and calculations, you will need to create test records....
Have you ever wished you could better organize how REDCap displays your various projects within the “My Projects” tab? With REDCap version 6.10.1, you now have the option of creating project folders to address this issue....
Have you ever wanted to customize your surveys to reflect the branding of your organization? If so, you will be interested in the new survey theme functionality that has been added to REDCap....
Regular users of REDCap have often expressed an interest in having more options for ending a survey. New functions were recently released that now offer three new design options for terminating your survey....
Frequent users of REDCap can run into challenges differentiating one project from another as their project list grows. This issue most often occurs when they have multiple projects with similar names or went through multiple iterations to develop a single project. To address this issue, REDCap...
Medications are often difficult to code in REDCap surveys due to variations in spelling, brand and substance names, dosing, and delivery routes. This variability poses challenges to research teams trying to accurately capture and code participants’ medications in a consistent way. To address these issues, REDCap...
Once a REDCap project is moved to production mode, any changes to variable or forms require the approval of the REDCap Administrator. The purpose of this approval step is to prevent accidental data loss or corruption of your data set. Most change requests are quickly approved...
REDCap has the ability to conduct a number of different calculations based on the entered data. A calculation could be as simple as calculating Body Mass Index or more complex like determining how old somebody is based on their birthday and today’s date. However, these calculations...