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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...
REDCap provides automatic question numbering for simple surveys. However, if your survey contains branching logic, REDCap turns the question numbering feature off to prevent random skipping of numbers. There are two ways of adding custom numbering to your REDCap surveys: via the online designer or the...
Most REDCap users do not conduct their own statistical analysis, instead asking a professional statistician to do it for them. Since HIPAA rules prohibit sending data with personal health information via unencrypted email, a challenge arises in deciding how to get your statistician access to the...
Most REDCap users do not like to send large numbers of survey invitations linked to their own email address due to the amount of out of office messages and other automated responses that then fill their inbox. Using a general study or departmental email address...
Mistakes happen, and data entry is unfortunately no exception to this rule. REDCap recognizes that mistakes will occur, but also has built in a number of protections to prevent accidental deletions of individual records. You can, however, complete the following steps if you want to override that...
REDCap projects often have multiple stakeholders, each with a different area of interest or focus for the project. The REDCap proficiencies of these stakeholders can also vary, which poses challenges when you are trying to provide a high-level overview of how you are constructing the...
Have you ever wished REDCap could automatically send a confirmation email whenever a respondent completes your survey? The use of a confirmation email is a great way you to thank the respondent. It is also a useful way to send respondents a copy of any pertinent...
As you know, REDCap allows the ability to send automated survey invitations to participants. Users can also customize the message of the invitations with any message they want. But did you realize that you can also include pictures in these invitations? The trick to adding pictures...
The Survey Reminder function is a great way to automatically remind your respondents to complete a survey without having to manually re-send invitations. A single reminder can be scheduled to be sent at an exact date and time. Users can also schedule up to five reminders...
Have you ever wanted to personalize your surveys to help increase your completion rate? If so, then you might want to try REDCap’s “Piping” feature. Piping allows you to display any entered variable, such as someone’s name, in that survey throughout the survey itself or in...