Tor Bruce posted: Health questionnaires are often standardized with years of research on a very particular phrasing, and you’re not supposed to change it even to make it clearer. Very frustrating and completely at odds with normal design processes.

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Stumbled upon a confusing mental health questionnaire in the Apple Health app today. I see overlapping generic options like "several days" and "more than half the days" regardless of the questions. like why? Felt weird. But I’m curious to know the rationale.

Tor Bruce

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Health questionnaires are often standardized with years of research on a very particular phrasing, and you’re not supposed to change it even to make it clearer. Very frustrating and completely at odds with normal design processes.

Sep 22, 12:41 PM

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