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they are initially collected for the purpose of

monitoring their disease progression (NHAM,

2015). The usual approach for asking the questions

for this type of questionnaire are simply stated

without having to resort to using an interrogative

approach such as asking “what”, “when”, “who”,

“why”, “where” and “how” (5W1H) questions.

These questions are often straightforward and

supposed to be easily understood by the study

subjects or study administrators. For those

complicated surveys like a patient registry, the

questionnaire will usually be accompanied by a