About question types

There are several different types of question. A question type determines how it is displayed on an eForm and how it is to be answered.

Hovering your mouse over a question field on an eForm will display a tooltip containing the question type.

Type	Identified by
Text questions	A text box requiring a textual answer, maybe with an expand arrow to the right. See image Thesaurus questions are clinically significant text questions that can be coded against a medical dictionary. They are displayed as a text box with an orange border. See image
Category questions	A set of option buttons, check boxes or a drop down list. See image
Number questions	A small text box requiring a numerical answer. See image
Date/time questions	A small text box requiring a date as an answer maybe with a drop down arrow to the right. See image
Multimedia questions	A paperclip icon or a magnifying glass icon if the question has already been answered. See image
Laboratory test questions	A small text box requiring a laboratory test result as an answer. See image

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