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The TRIAD Study authorizes the public to utilize any of its instruments/tools listed and described below. These documents should only be used for their intended purpose. However, these documents may be modified to meet the user’s specific research and data collection needs. The TRIAD Study does request that all persons who wish to make use of any instrument/tool in its entirety or partially simply reference the study as its source for the documents. The TRIAD study as an entity, nor its individual members, sponsors or project affiliates cannot be held liable or accountable for improper use or misuse of any document.

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Baseline Instruments/Tools:

These documents are the Round 1 instruments used to collect baseline data.

  • Written Patient Survey – a medical questionnaire used to capture patient level information about their health and the care they received for their diabetes. The survey consists of 97 questions including skip patterns.

  • Short Written Patient Survey – same as the above described survey, but an abbreviated version that consists of only 38 questions including skip patterns.

  • Medical Chart Review – used to collect information from one or more medical records at a patient’s primary care provider office. Data captured includes patient medical history, current medications and any other specific diabetes related health information. Medical records abstracted are for a specific review period of 18 months.

  • Medical Chart Review Instructions – provides detail directions on how to use the medical chart review instrument.


Round 2 Instruments and Tools:


These documents are the Round 2 instruments used to collect follow-up data. They hold the same general description as the aforementioned. Any variations and/or additional documents used are noted.

  • Written Patient Survey – a total of 103 questions including skip patterns.

  • Short Written Survey – a total of 50 questions including skip patterns.

  • Medical Chart Review – instrument used for follow-up as described for baseline data collection.

  • Medical Chart Review Instructions – provides detail directions on how to use the medical chart review instrument.

  • Endpoints Survey – a brief questionnaire used to help identify health events such as heart attacks and strokes in persons with diabetes. Such identification enabled the study to obtain patient health information from hospital medical records regarding these events only. All hospital records were obtained only with the permission of study participants.

  • Clinician Survey – a clinical questionnaire used to capture health care provider information about the care and treatment of their patients participating in the study. The survey consists of 15 questions, including skip patterns.

Round 3 Instruments & Tools:

These documents are the Round 3 instruments used to collect data. They hold the same general description as the aforementioned. Any variations and/or additional documents used are noted.

  • Written Version of TRIAD Round 3 Cohort Survey (Original Cohort) - a total of 66 questions including skip patterns.

  • CATI Version of Round 3 Cohort Survey (Original Cohort. This SBRI survey applies only to data collected at Indiana ) - a medical questionnaire to capture patient level information by computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI).

  • Short Survey (Original Cohort) - a brief questionnaire (a total of 7 questions) to help identify health events such as heart attacks and strokes in persons with diabetes.

  • Site Specific Survey (Original Cohort) - a medical questionnaire to capture patient level information about their health and the care they received for their diabetes. The survey consists of each site specific questions including skip patterns.





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