Manual queries
Manual queries can be configured from the welcome page by clicking on update on the discrepancy note module :
You can then configure the different kinds of discrepancy note you want for the study.
Automatic queries
Indicators are made to help Monitors, Data Managers and Investigators quickly identify a patient who enters a condition. These indicators are different from one study to another and are set up in the back office of the SMART platform to facilitate the study monitoring.
From SMART back office, the Indicator module setting up can be accessed clicking as shown below.
The list of existing Indicators is then displayed.
As shown below, the indicators are grouped into thematic categories.
Management of Indicator categories
The management of the indicator categories i.e. the creation of new category or the modification of existing category can be done clicking on « Categories management » (see below).
- Creation of a new category is done clicking in « Create » button.
The name of the category (associated with an automatic translation code) as well as the position of the new category is then defined.
- Modification of an existing category is done clicking in the name of the category need to be modified.
Creation of a new Indicator
The creation of a new indicator requires three specific steps:
1/ The creation of the new indicator clicking in « Create an indicator »
The name, related category, position and action of this indicator can then be set up and then validated.
2/ The creation of the condition of the new indicator clicking in « Create a control »
The expression corresponds to the condition the patient has to verify in order to be listed in the indicator.
This condition has to be related to the indicator newly created and can be related to a specific field, page or module.
Once you created your indicator label and your expression, check that you have linked it to a category (indicators) and save the page.
3/ The set up of the user access rights on this new indicator clicking in « Access right management »
Modification of an existing indicator
An existing indicator can be modified :
Clicking on the name of the indicator (see below) in order to change its name, related category, position or modify its condition
Indicators and duplication
During duplication, you can select the indicator (s) you want to duplicate. By default no indicator of the initial page are duplicated.
You can spread specific indicator after duplicate a page.
Deleting specific controls after duplication is also available on the indicator management page.
