1. User Guide for Form Designers
  2. Build a study
  3. Step 4: Create special Oracle InForm visits, forms, and items
  4. Step 4g: Create a study completion in the final visit

Step 4g: Create a study completion in the final visit

  1. In the Project Explorer, right-click the final visit, select New, and select Form.
  2. Enter a title, RefName, and description, and click OK.
  3. In the Project Explorer, select the form, and make sure the Design tab is selected.
  4. Click the Properties tab.
  5. At the top of the Properties tab, in the Oracle InForm section, click in the Special Forms field, and select Study Completion.
  6. In the Project Explorer, right-click the form, select New Section.
  7. Enter a title, RefName, and description, and click OK.
  8. Create the following items in the section:
    Study completion status
    1. Make sure the Design tab is selected.
    2. In the grid, enter the following, and press the Tab key to navigate through the columns:
      • Type—Text Item or Integer Item
      • Title—Internal name for the item. You can choose to see study object titles or RefNames in the Project Explorer by using the Options drop-down list at the top of the Project Explorer. The Title can have 1-63 characters.
      • RefName—Internal reference name for the item.
      • Question—Item question that appears on the form. The question can have 0-1000 characters. Certain words may be reserved for this field. For more information, see Are there words I can't use in an item's Question or Short Question?. If you enter a customized label or translation for the item, it overrides the Question text.
      • Short Question—In InForm, the short question appears as a column heading in a repeating form, an itemset, and in reports. The short question can have 0-255 characters. Certain words may be reserved for this field. For more information, see Are there words I can't use in an item's Question or Short Question?.
    3. In the Item Required column, select the checkbox.
    4. In the Item Properties column, click the Edit link, and enter the following:
      • Length—Maximum number of characters (including the decimal point) that a user can enter for the item.
    5. Click OK.
    6. In the Project Explorer, select the item.
    7. Click the Properties tab, click in the Special Fields drop-down list, and select Completion status (Study Completion).
    8. Add a codelist with a drop-down list or set of radio buttons to so that the Oracle InForm user can select the subject's status.
      1. In the Project Explorer, right-click the item, and click New Codelist.
      2. Enter a Title, RefName, and Description for the codelist.
      3. Click OK.
      4. In the grid, create two codelist items so that an Oracle InForm user can indicate whether a subject completed the study. For example, you can create a codelist item called Complete, and one called Incomplete.
    9. In the Project Explorer, select the item, and make sure the Design tab is selected.
    10. In the Codelist Settings section, make sure Select Single Value is selected, and click OK.
    11. In the Project Explorer, expand the study completion form, the study completion status item, and the completion status codelist.
    12. For each codelist item, select the codelist item, click the Properties tab, and select the following in the Study Completion Status Items drop-down list:
      • Complete Study (Study Completion)
      • Incomplete Study (Study Completion)
    Drop-out reason
    1. Make sure the Design tab is selected.
    2. In the grid, enter the following, and press the Tab key to navigate through the columns:
      • Type—Text Item or Integer Item
      • Title—Internal name for the item. You can choose to see study object titles or RefNames in the Project Explorer by using the Options drop-down list at the top of the Project Explorer. The Title can have 1-63 characters.
      • RefName—Internal reference name for the study object.
      • Question—Item question that appears on the form. The question can have 0-1000 characters. Certain words may be reserved for this field. For more information, see Are there words I can't use in an item's Question or Short Question?. If you enter a customized label or translation for the item, it overrides the Question text.
      • Short Question—In Oracle InForm, the short question appears as a column heading in a repeating form, an itemset, and in reports. The short question can have 0-255 characters. Certain words may be reserved for this field. For more information, see Are there words I can't use in an item's Question or Short Question?.
    3. In the Item Required column, select the checkbox.
    4. In the Item Properties column, click the Edit link, and enter the following:
      • Length—Maximum number of characters (including the decimal point) that a user can enter for the item.
    5. Click OK.
    6. In the Project Explorer, select the item.
    7. Click the Properties tab, click in the Special Fields drop-down list, and select Drop-out reason (Study Completion).
    8. Add a codelist with a drop-down list or set of radio buttons so that the InForm user can select the reason a subject dropped out of the study.

      Tip:

      If you are implementing a Custom-Defined Database (CDD), and want to map each drop-out reason to a separate CDD column, we recommend that you consider using one of the designs described in CDD design considerations.
      1. In the Project Explorer, right-click the item, and click New Codelist.
      2. Enter a Title, RefName, and Description for the codelist.
      3. Click OK.
      4. In the grid, create two codelist items so that an InForm user can indicate why a subject dropped out of the study. For example, you can create a codelist item called Subject's decision to leave the study and one called Subject moved.
    9. In the Project Explorer, select the item, and make sure the Design tab is selected.
    10. In the Codelist Settings section, make sure Select Single Value is selected, and click OK.

    Tip:

    It is possible to write a rule to ensure that, if a user indicates that a subject didn't complete the study, he must also select a drop-out reason. For more information about writing rules, see the User Guide.
  9. Create a layout for your form:
    1. In the Project Explorer, select the form.
    2. Select the Layout tab, and click the Create Layout button in the middle of the page.
    By default, the layout for the form uses the study-level styles that you or your study administrator configured. If you want to change the form's appearance, or the appearance of one or more of its study objects, see Set the default appearance for a single form and its study objects (form-level styles) and Set the appearance of a single study object (control styles).
  10. On the right of the page, right-click the study completion status codelist, select Control Type, and select the type of control you want to create (Radio Button or Pulldown).
  11. On the right of the page, right-click the drop-out reason codelist, select Control Type, and select the type of control you want to create (Radio Button or Pulldown).

Parent topic: Step 4: Create special Oracle InForm visits, forms, and items