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Manage group settings for eCOA/eDiary forms

When doing CRF design for forms that will be completed via eDiary and eCOA mobile apps, you can use group settings to specify how the form questions will appear on the users' devices—you can set up to show one question per page, assign pages to questions customary, or configure the system to fit the screen dynamically.

To manage group settings for eCOA and eDiary forms

  1. In the Study Designer application header, select the CRF DESIGN tab.

  2. In the toolbar, select the latest draft CRF version marked with the respective unlock symbol unlocked_icon_purple.png, otherwise, you cannot perform any actions.

    Selecting latest draft CRF version
    Figure 1. Selecting latest draft CRF version

  3. In the left pane that appears, select the needed eCOA or eDiary visit folder and open the form for which you want to configure the group settings.

    Accessing eDiary and eCOA visit and form
    Figure 2. Accessing eDiary and eCOA visit and form

  4. On the page that opens, select the Group Setting tab and manage the settings as explained following table.

    Configuring group setting for eCOA or eDiary form
    Figure 3. Configuring group setting for eCOA or eDiary form

    Element

    Details

    Dynamic Question Pagination

    Control how the questions are displayed in the eCOA or eDiary app for the user as follows:

    • Turn on the toggle for the system to automatically calculate the optimal number of questions displayed per page based on the participant's device screen resolution. The system will account for the question complexity and type to ensure the proper fit of the screen and provide the best usability. The system will fit questions based on the screen resolution, disregarding the group setting parameters.

    • Turn off the toggle to always display one question per page, disregarding the participant's device screen resolution.

    Multiselect

    Select the checkbox next to the question for which you want to configure the group setting.

    Save

    Select save_group_setting_icon.png to open the Group Setting dialog. Then enter and save the group number for the selected questions. A group number is a number of the page on which the question is to be displayed. Thus, you can assign one page per question, or you can opt to combine some questions into groups that belong to the same page.

    For instance, you have a form that has three questions—date of completion, time of completion, and symptoms description. You can assign 1 to the date and time and 2 to the symptoms. Thus, your first two short questions will appear on the first page of the form and the third extensive question will be on the second page for convenience.

    Setting group number
    Figure 4. Setting group number

    Reset

    Select sync_icon.png to refresh the page and see the latest configurations.

You have configured the group setting for the eCOA or eDiary application form.

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An eClinical mobile application used for the collection and management of clinical data of subjects, supporting iOS and Android systems. It is based on the electronic CRF provided by the Study Designer application to support subjects' self-recording of treatment and diagnosis information.

An eClinical mobile application designed for the collection of clinical outcome assessments, such as patient-reported outcomes, questionnaires, and other data related to the participant's health, symptoms, or treatment experiences.