Sharma Hunny
Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
Saudi J Anaesth. 2022 Jan-Mar;16(1):65-68. doi: 10.4103/sja.sja_163_21. Epub 2022 Jan 4.
A questionnaire plays a pivotal role in various surveys. Within the realm of biomedical research, questionnaires serve a role in epidemiological surveys and mental health surveys and to obtain information about knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) on various topics of interest. Questionnaire in border perspective can be of different types like self-administered or professionally administered and according to the mode of delivery paper-based or electronic media-based. Various studies have been conducted to assess the appropriateness of a questionnaire in a particular field and methods to translate and validate them. But very little is known regarding the appropriate length and number of questions in a questionnaire and what role it has in data quality, reliability, and response rates. Hence, this narrative review is to explore the critical issue of appropriate length and number of questions in a questionnaire while questionnaire designing.
问卷在各类调查中起着关键作用。在生物医学研究领域,问卷在流行病学调查和心理健康调查中发挥作用,用于获取有关各种感兴趣主题的知识、态度和实践(KAP)的信息。从更广泛的角度来看,问卷可以有不同类型,如自我管理型或专业管理型,并且根据交付方式可分为纸质版或基于电子媒介的。已经进行了各种研究来评估问卷在特定领域的适用性以及翻译和验证问卷的方法。但是,关于问卷中问题的适当长度和数量以及它在数据质量、可靠性和回复率方面所起的作用,人们了解得很少。因此,本叙述性综述旨在探讨问卷设计过程中问卷问题的适当长度和数量这一关键问题。