Create a Questionnaire

In this article:

How to add a questionnaire task
Understanding questionnaire data
Questionnaire FAQs

Questionnaire tasks

A questionnaire task lets you collect information from participants through single or repeated questionnaires, such as baseline surveys, daily mood assessments, or sleep diaries.

The advantage of using Labfront questionnaires is that you can use the adherence dashboard to monitor whether participants have completed their questionnaires. You can also download each participant’s questionnaire data along with the physiological data, so you have it all in one place.

Add a questionnaire task

In the Participant Tasks section of the App Builder, choose either Event Tracking or Scheduled Task, then select Questionnaire.

Enter the questionnaire task details

Title - Choose an easy-to-understand title for this questionnaire task. This will be displayed on the home page of the participant app.
Description - Provide a brief description of the questionnaire task letting participants know what they need to do. This will be displayed when they click into the task.

Create a new questionnaire

To create a new questionnaire, select Create New.

Upon entering the questionnaire builder, you'll be prompted to add a Section Title and Description.

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Add questions

Select + New Question
At the top left, choose the type of question you want. Labfront supports multiple-choice, multiple-selection, date, time, date-time, and open questions.

Type the possible responses to your question. To prevent people from not answering, turn on Required.

Add logic

Creating a questionnaire that is relevant to your participants is crucial for keeping engagement high and data quality strong. Labfront allows you to customize the participant journey using skip logic and display logic.

Learn more about using skip and display logic in Labfront →

Update or arrange questions

To move a question or question option, click Drag .
To duplicate a question, click More Duplicate.
To delete a question, click More Delete.
To move a question to another section, click More Move Question to Another Section.
To add an image to a question, click Settings Add image.
To add a YouTube video to a question, click Settings Add YouTube video.

Create sections

Sections can make your questionnaire easier to read and complete.

Click Add Section.
Name the new section.

💡 Tips

To move a question to another section, click More Move Question to Another Section.
To reorder sections, at the top right of a section, click More Reorder.
To delete sections, at the top right of a section, click More Delete.

Duplicate an existing questionnaire

To reuse a questionnaire from another Labfront study, select Duplicate Existing Questionnaire, choose the questionnaire you want, and edit the copy as needed.

You will be able to edit the copy without affecting the original version of the questionnaire.

Save the questionnaire task

After saving your questionnaire, you'll return to the Add a Questionnaire Task page, where your new questionnaire will now appear. Enter any remaining details, such as the task schedule, and click Save.

Understanding questionnaire data

In your data download file, the questionnaire folder contains time-stamped data related to any questionnaire you created in Labfront.

Learn how questionnaire data is organized in Labfront →

FAQs

Can participants receive more than one Labfront questionnaire each day?

Yes, there is no limit to the number of questionnaires that may be created for each day of your study.

Can I reuse questionnaires I’ve created from previous studies?

Yes. When adding a questionnaire task, select Add Existing Questionnaire to choose from your previously created questionnaires.

Can questionnaires be scheduled to appear on specific days?

Yes, you can create a scheduled questionnaire task. Labfront supports fixed, semi-random and fully random schedules for ecological momentary assessment.

What kind of questions can Labfront’s questionnaires support?

Labfront questionnaires can support text input, multiple choice, date, time, date-time, and multiple selection questions. Images and YouTube videos can also be added to questions.

Can I edit a questionnaire after my project is published?

Questionnaires cannot currently be edited once they're live because doing so would make your data really difficult to keep track of (imagine multiple versions of the same questionnaire with only small changes). If you made a mistake on your questionnaire or want to add or remove a question, we suggest hiding the questionnaire task and adding a new task with the updated questionnaire.

Do Labfront questionnaires support skip and display logic?

They do! We recommend reading: Using Skip and Display Logic in Labfront

Can I delete a questionnaire from a live project?

To preserve past data, questionnaires can't be deleted from a live project. However, you can hide the questionnaire task from future participants. This will prevent them from seeing it while ensuring that all existing data remains intact.