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When informed consent documents are updated, it is important to track new versions. In the File Repository in the PDF Survey Archive folder, you will see all signed e-Consent documents and their versions (and optionally entered types).
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Follow the below instructions to add a new version of consent to your project.
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When informed consent documents are to be updated in the project, use 1 of 2 options:
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If using .png images of the consent document, add descriptive text field(s) with new version pages with variable names appended with _v2. Apply branching logic to show field depending on conditions.
If using inline descriptive text with the consent document information, simply copy the field, append _v2 to the new field, make edits where necessary, and apply branching logic to show field versions depending on conditions as shown above.  In the survey settings, make sure to edit the e-Consent version field to the new version number. In the Optional fields, you can enter the type (i.e. Adult, Assent, Parental Permission Form). Make sure to save your changes.  |
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Copy the consent instrument, and rename it with the version number appended and suffix _v2 added to variables.   In the survey settings, make sure to edit the e-consent Framework fields to the new v2 variables. In the Optional fields, you can enter the type (i.e. Adult, Assent, Parental Permission Form). |
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Make sure to save your changes.  Add form display logic for your consent instruments. In this example, if v1 is being used up to 12/10/2022, I will update the logic for both instruments to follow that.  Finally, inactivate the old version(s) of the consent survey by turning the status to “Survey Offline” in the survey settings.  |
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