PRO-Diary User Guide 1.2.1 10/02/15
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Using the Diary
The Diary is designed to be as simple and intuitive to use as possible. This
section guides you through basic use in case of any difficulty. We recommend
that you demonstrate the use of the Diary in front of each volunteer before a trial,
and then ask them to work through your questionnaire on it whilst you are
available to answer any questions. This may be easiest to arrange with a spare
‘teaching diary’ which is already set up to have a relevant questionnaire available
on request.
6.1 Waking it up
Once it is set up, the Diary can be woken by placing your finger across the left
hand button with the triangular icon, and leaving it there for 1-2 seconds. You
should not use any force, simply place your finger over the button for the time
required.
If the ‘keylock’ function has been enabled, you will then be prompted to swipe
your finger smoothly across the slider below the screen. You may do this quickly
or slowly and in either direction, but your finger must move at a steady speed.
6.2 Using Menus and Answering Questions
Once you have woken the Diary you can choose between options in a menu by
putting your finger on the slider and moving it around to the left or right. The
slider is always used to explore or change options, and will never actually
activate anything, so you can operate it freely without fear of changing anything.
Once you are happy with the option or answer displayed, select it by putting your
finger on the round button to the right of the screen.
6.3 Answering a Scheduled Questionnaire
When scheduled, the Diary will beep repeatedly to alert the wearer that there are
some questions to answer. They may then choose (by moving their finger across
the slider) to either answer the questions immediately, wait a few minutes, or
cancel the session entirely. As above, once they have chosen their favoured
option they simply put their finger on the right hand button to activate it.
If the wearer chooses to delay the question session for a few minutes, they can
manually re-wake the Diary at any point during that period to begin answering the
questions.
6.4 Requesting a Questionnaire
If a questionnaire has been made available on request, the user may open it
whenever they choose. It will be available in the main menu when the Diary has
been woken normally, as one of the first items in the menu (before the silent
mode and system information options). If they select it, they will begin answering
that questionnaire.
This can be used for reporting a painful incident, or exercise taken, or food eaten,
etc. Because of the nature of these events, the user can choose to enter as
many such events as they like whilst the questionnaire is available on request.
