Handling Patient Questionnaires

Editing Patient Questionnaires

You can edit patient questionnaires after they have been created and after responses have been entered into the software.

To edit a patient questionnaire:

1. Select List > Patient Questionnaire. The Patient Questionnaire List window is displayed in FIND mode.

2. Double-click the questionnaire.

3. Select an option:

4. To add an existing question to the questionnaire:Select the question from the Questions section and click Selected in the Add >>>> section.

5. To add a new question:Click Add Question. See Using the Questionnaire Editor.

6. To edit a question:Select the question from the Questions Selected section and click Edit Question. If the question is the parent of a dependent (child) question, the dependency will be broken when you edit the parent question. The Question window is displayed.
   
   Make the changes and click OK. If the meaning of the question is changed, tabulated responses for the original question are retained and can be viewed in the Questionnaire Results window. INACTIVE is displayed in the Status column of the original question.
   If the meaning of the question is not changed, tabulated responses for both questions are stored together.

• You cannot edit questionnaires that contain incomplete response sets in the database. A list of patient records that contain incomplete responses is displayed.

• To remove a question:Select it from the Questions Selected section and click Remove.

• Any dependencies for the questionnaire are broken when a question is removed.

• To view or edit existing dependencies:Select the appropriate child question and click View. The Question Dependency window is displayed. Make the changes and click OK. The dependency information is displayed in the DEP column located in the Questions Selected section.

• To set a question dependency:Select the parent question from the Questions Selected section, press Ctrl, select the child question, and click Make in the Dependencies section. The Question Dependency window is displayed. Select the appropriate option and click OK. The dependency information is displayed in the DEP column located in the Questions Selected section.

• To remove a dependency:Select the child question from Questions Selected section and click Remove in the Dependencies section.

• To change the display order of a question:Select the question from the Questions Selected section of the window and click Top, Bottom, Up1, or Dwn1.

• Any dependencies for the questionnaire are broken when a question is moved.

4. Click OK.

5. Click Close.