Describe your planned questionnaire
Enter the question count, estimated completion time, whether it uses a validated scale, the share of open-ended questions, and whether concerning answers trigger a staff alert.
QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN CHECK
Care Check Forms
Enter your planned check-in questionnaire's structure and get a calculated design-quality score before you send it to patients.
- Uses your inputs in a transparent calculation
- Instant result with practical next steps
- No signup required
Planning guidance only. Validate important decisions with customer evidence and your delivery team.
YOUR INPUTS
Build your result
Complete every field. The result updates only when you choose Calculate.
How it works
We calculate a completion/quality risk score
Length beyond 10 minutes, high question density, missing validated scales, heavy open-ended question share, and missing escalation logic each add weighted risk points.
Get specific design fixes before you send it
The recommendation targets the exact factor driving your risk score, whether that's length, structure, or missing escalation logic.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Care Check Forms medical or clinical advice?
No. This is a form-design planning aid, not medical or clinical guidance, and it does not build, host, or store any actual questionnaire responses — the score is calculated entirely from what you enter, in your browser.
Why does open-ended question share increase risk?
Free-text answers are harder to triage automatically and more prone to inconsistent detail from patients, so a high share of open-ended questions raises the completion/quality risk score relative to structured or scaled questions.
What counts as a 'validated scale'?
A validated scale is a published, tested instrument such as PHQ-9 for depression screening or a standard pain scale, as opposed to custom questions your team wrote from scratch. Use whichever is clinically appropriate for your use case.
Does this build the actual questionnaire?
No. It only scores the design parameters you describe — you still need to build the actual form in your intake or survey tool.
How long should a follow-up questionnaire really be?
As a rough guide, keep most check-in questionnaires under 10 minutes; anything longer meaningfully increases drop-off and rushed answers, which is why length is one of the heaviest-weighted factors here.
How We Compare
| Feature | MVPHub | REDCap | Qualtrics Healthcare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instant design-risk scoring, no signup | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Transparent, traceable weighting | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Actual form building, hosting, and distribution | Not included | Included | Included |
| Built-in library of validated clinical instruments | Not included | Included | Limited |
REDCap and Qualtrics Healthcare let you build, host, and distribute real questionnaires with validated instrument libraries. MVPHub's tool is a quick pre-launch design check for a questionnaire you're planning to build elsewhere.
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