COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR ADMINISTERING QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRES

• US 20090241028A1
• Filed: 01/23/2009
• Published: 09/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael Iskedjian
• Original Assignee: Michael Iskedjian
• Inventors: Iskedjian, Michael
• Application Number:
  US12/358,795
• Publication Number:
  US 20090241028A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/727
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0203 Market surveys; Market polls
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires

Abstract

The present invention includes in one embodiment, a computer survey system comprising a microprocessor, a display screen, a user input device and a database all in communication with the microprocessor. The microprocessor activates software that systematically administers a quality of life survey by displaying a plurality of quality of life questions on the display screen. The software requests responses from the participant using a user input device and stores the response in a database. The system further has a sound player that is configured to play a recording of the question displayed on the display screen upon activation of the sound player by the user input device.

Claims

1. A computer survey system comprising a microprocessor, a display screen, a user input device and a database all in communication with the microprocessor, wherein the microprocessor activates software that systematically administers a quality of life survey by displaying a plurality of quality of life questions on the display screen and requests responses from the participant using a user input device and stores the response in a database, the system further having a sound player that is configured to play a recording of the question displayed on the display screen upon activation of the sound player by the user input device.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the input device is a keypad, touchpad or a mouse device.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the sound player is a computer media player and speakers.

4. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the display is a computer monitor.

5. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the system is web-based system and the software and database is stored on a web-server that is remote from the user, the display screen, the sound player and the user input device.

6. The computer survey system of claim 1, wherein the survey includes a plurality of quality of life questionnaires, each questionnaire addressing a different participant health state, the system further comprises randomizer that administers the plurality of life questionnaires in random order to the user.

7. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the software administers a quality of life questionnaire that comprises a first quality of life question and generates a second quality of life question based upon the response to the first quality of life question using the ping pong method.

8. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the survey is selected from the group comprising the time tradeoff questionnaire or a standard gamble questionnaire.

9. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the survey is a time tradeoff questionnaire and the display displays a time-tradeoff question, a first bar graph representing a first life expectancy of the time trade off question, a second bar graph representing a second life expectancy of the time trade off question.

10. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the software is a PC based software.

11. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the survey includes a plurality of quality of life questionnaires, each questionnaire addressing a different participant health state, the system further comprises randomizer that administers the plurality of life questionnaires in random order to the user, the system further includes a participant ranking of the severity of the different health states, wherein the correlation of the participant ranking to participant response to the survey is greater than 70 percent.