Creating New Families

Form Layout

After clicking on the "Create New Families" button on the "Participants'" Page, you will be directed to the "Create a New Record Page"

• Questions regarding the families will be organized the in the following categories
  • "Family Information," asks for caller's 
    • Address (there are two fields available)
    • Town or City of residence
    • State of residence
    • Postal Code of residence
    • Country of residence
    • Family's phone number* (this is a required field)
    • Family's email address
  • "Participant Information," includes
    • "General Information," asks for caller's
      • Name* (first and last names are required fields)
      • Date of birth* (this is a required field)
      • Sex* (this is a required field)
      • Race
      • Ethnicity
    • "Body Composition," asks for caller's
      • Height
      • Weight
      • Date measurements were taken
      • Measurement type (i.e. where the measurements were taken-- medical office, DBM, or self-weight)
    • "Other Demographics," asks for caller's
      • Marital status
      • Education Level
      • Education Grade
      • Whether their family needs Public Assistance
    • "Health," asks for caller's
      • Health Conditions
        • There are check boxes for selecting any, or all, of the following:
          • Physical
          • Psychiatric
          • Neurological
          • Metabolic
          • Heart/Lung
          • Smoking
          • Other
        • Should any of the boxes be selected, a corresponding text box will pop up prompting acquiring more information
      • Medications
      • Dietary Restrictions
    • "Contact Information," asks for caller's
      
      • Various phone numbers at which to contact caller
      • Mobile Carrier
      • Email
      • Preferred Contact Time
      • Preferred Contact Day
      • Preferred Contact Method
      • Whether family would like to be contacted in the future* (this is a required field)
    • "Notes" box, which allows you to write out additional information
    • "Study Name"
• Start filling out the General Information in the caller's name
  • If you list them as, "Self," this indicates they are the "Head of Household"
• The required fields for creating the record are indicated in the list above with italics and asterisks, and within the form itself with asterisks

Avoiding Duplicates within the Database

• After you hit the "Create Record" button, Revolution will search through its database comparing this new record to previously entered records on the basis of:
  • Caller first name
  • Caller last name
  • Caller date of birth
  • Caller Sex
• If there is another record sharing the exact same information in all four of these criteria, you will be re-directed to the duplicate record