The Windows PRO-Diary software provides an integrated solution for the creation of your own questions, questionnaires and schedules. Select from multiple question types and create simple or complex multi-path questionnaires with flexible fixed, random or on-demand scheduling.
The process begins with creating a set of questions which may be selected from multiple question types. The questions can be created in any language as per the locale of the host PC; the PRO-Diary will prompt in the selected language. The intuitive user interface show the structure of the questions and provides a visual indication of how the questions will appear on the device.
The second step is to create the questionnaire by linking together the questions that you created previously. The questionnaire can be a simple list of questions with fixed order or can include conditional branches to follow a different path depending upon the question outcome. The questionnaire can include up to 256 questions and individual questions can be easily copied for re-use in similar questionnaires.
The final step is to create the schedule. The PRO-Diary software provides options to prompt the user at fixed intervals (i.e. several times per day, once per day etc.). There are also options to allow prompting at a random time within a fixed period. The schedule can also be set-up for on-demand use where the subject can answer the questions whenever they choose. It is also possible to program a different questionnaire for different times of the day (e.g. morning and evening questionnaires).