Sharma Hunny, Ruikar Manisha
Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
Perspect Clin Res. 2025 Jul-Sep;16(3):118-126. doi: 10.4103/picr.picr_157_24. Epub 2025 Feb 25.
Questionnaires play a crucial role in biomedical research, enabling valuable data collection from individuals. However, the effectiveness of a questionnaire depends on its ability to engage respondents and gather accurate information. This manuscript delves into the intricacies of crafting an effective questionnaire, exploring the essential elements that contribute to their success and impact, and highlights the need for well-crafted questionnaires in biomedical research emphasizing the importance of maximizing respondent engagement, obtaining reliable data, enhancing data completeness, minimizing nonresponse rates and bias, and facilitating data analysis. The article further sheds light on the factors influencing questionnaire effectiveness, including clear and concise language, logical flow and structure, relevance and significance, avoidance of double-barreled and leading questions, and using balanced response options and skip questions. This narrative review examines how each factor contributes to questionnaire quality and offers examples to illustrate their importance. Moreover, it emphasizes the significance of investing time and effort in designing effective questionnaires to ensure the validity and success of biomedical research. By understanding the art of engaging surveys, researchers can optimize their data collection processes and enhance the reliability and validity of their findings.
问卷在生物医学研究中起着至关重要的作用，能够从个体收集有价值的数据。然而，问卷的有效性取决于其吸引受访者并收集准确信息的能力。本手稿深入探讨了设计有效问卷的复杂性，探究了促成其成功和影响的关键要素，并强调了生物医学研究中精心设计问卷的必要性，即强调最大限度提高受访者参与度、获取可靠数据、增强数据完整性、降低无应答率和偏差以及便于数据分析的重要性。文章还进一步阐明了影响问卷有效性的因素，包括清晰简洁的语言、逻辑流程和结构、相关性和重要性、避免双重提问和诱导性问题，以及使用平衡的回答选项和跳答问题。这篇叙述性综述考察了每个因素如何影响问卷质量，并提供示例来说明其重要性。此外，它强调了投入时间和精力设计有效问卷对于确保生物医学研究的有效性和成功的重要意义。通过理解吸引受访者参与调查的技巧，研究人员可以优化其数据收集过程，并提高研究结果的可靠性和有效性。
