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Patient Portal Lab Results Comprehension Survey

Measures how patients interpret, understand, and respond to lab results and reference ranges in online portals. Identifies usability barriers and preferred features to improve portal design and health literacy support.

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21 questions · ~4 min
Q01
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Welcome! Thank you for taking part in this survey about viewing and understanding lab results in online patient portals. This survey is voluntary, and you may stop at any time. There are no right or wrong answers—we are interested in your honest experience. Your responses are confidential and will be reported only in aggregate. The survey takes approximately 6–8 minutes. Please answer based on your experience in the last 12 months.

Q02
Multiple Choice

In the past 12 months, how often have you viewed lab results in an online patient portal?

Q03
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Overall, how confident are you in your ability to understand your lab results when you view them online?

Q04
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Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: The reference ranges shown alongside my lab results were easy to understand.

Q05
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Please rank the following features by how much they would help you understand your lab results. Drag the most helpful feature to the top.

Q06
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If you have had a confusing experience with a lab result in the last 12 months, please briefly describe what happened and what would have helped you understand the result better.

Q07
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What is your age?

Q08
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Thank you for participating! Your feedback will help improve how lab results are presented and explained in patient portals. You may now close this page.

Q09
Multiple Choice

In the past 12 months, where have you viewed lab results online? Select all that apply.

Q10
Multiple Choice

If your ALT (alanine aminotransferase) result is 45 U/L and the portal shows a reference range of 7–55 U/L, what does this most likely mean?

Q11
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Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: After viewing my lab results online, I understood what the results meant for my health.

Q12
Multiple Choice

When you see an out-of-range lab result online, which of the following do you typically do? Select all that apply.

Q13
AI Interview

We'd like to learn more about your experience viewing lab results online. An AI moderator will ask you a couple of follow-up questions.

Q14
Multiple Choice

Which best describes your gender?

Q15
Multiple Choice

In the last 12 months, have measurement units (e.g., mg/dL vs. mmol/L) ever made a lab result harder to understand?

Q16
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Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: After viewing my lab results online, I knew what steps to take next (e.g., contact my clinician, retest, no action needed).

Q17
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Based on your responses in this survey, please share any additional thoughts or feelings about viewing lab results in patient portals.

Q18
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Which country do you currently live in?

Q19
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Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: The portal layout made it easy to find and review my lab results.

Q20
Multiple Choice

What is the highest level of education you have completed?

Q21
Long Text

Overall, how satisfied are you with how your lab results are presented in online patient portals?

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

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