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openCDMS Create facilitates the design and configuration of studies (datasets) to be used for data collection with openCDMS Collect. This guide describes how to quickly set up a study and the features and settings available within the openCDMS Create application.
A wizard feature for quick creation of studies. Use the 'Next' and 'Back' buttons to navigate through the wizard. The 'Finish' button will create the new study and the 'Cancel' button will dismiss the wizard without creating a study.
The initial wizard page for configuring a study. The 'Next' button will not be enabled (clickable) until a Study Name nad Study Code have been entered.
A short name for the study should be entered in this field (e.g. Outlook or National Eden). This is used (in conjunction with the study code) to uniquely identify the study. If you enter a name for the study that already exists in the database (i.e. a name that represents another study that has been saved either by you or by another user), an error dialog will be produced when you click 'Next' and you will not be allowed to proceed. New studies must have a unique name and study code.
A short code for the study (e.g. OLK or NEDEN). This is used for study identifiers (e.g. OLK/001001-1 might identify the first participant in the Outlook study in the Manchester centre). The code is always used for display purposes in the various openCDMS applications. The study code is used (in conjunction with the study name) to uniquely identify the study. If you enter a code for the study that already exists in the database (i.e. a code that represents another study that has been saved either by you or by another user), an error dialog will be produced when you click 'Next' and you will not be allowed to proceed. New studies must have a unique name and study code.
A short overview of the study aims (e.g. "A study to track a large, representative cohort of individuals with first episode psychosis").
Describes the geographical scope of the study - either a single centre study or a multi-centre study. Note: this option is not available to studies without preconfigured centres.
Set the name of the single-centre for the study here. Note: the option is not available to studies without preconfigured centres.
This is the second page of the study wizard and requires entries to define the time stages in the study for which documents must be completed (e.g. Screening, Baseline, Day 1, Day 7 etc.) Clicking the 'Add' button produces a dialog that requires a name for the new Study Stage (e.g. 'Screening'). When 'ok' is clicked in this dialog, the study stage is added to the study and is displayed in the list of configured Study Stages in the list.
A list of all possible documents that must be completed for the study (e.g. Medical History, Vital Signs). A document represents a form or assessment that must be completed for the study.
This wizard page that displays a grid for describing which documents should be completed at which stages in the study. Click on a square in the grid to select or deselect. It is possible to assign a document to more than one than one stage. Each document must be assigned to at least one stage.