How can i use Kobo for a breastfeeding observation checklist with 53 items?

[matthewschojan]

Our team is running a trial that includes several tools. One of the tools is the WHO B-R-E-A-S-T which is a breastfeeding observation checklist that has 50 plus items split into 6 categories and further split by going well/possible difficulties. The observer needs to be able to tick the items observed during the session. Ideally, this would be on one page, so the observer can view all of the items to determine which are being observed.

If we can’t put them all on one, perhaps we could break it into 6 questions according to category, but again, I would be grateful for any advice on how best to split the items by “going well”/ “possible difficulties” within each category being observed.

I’m struggling to figure out how best to approach this on Kobo. Any support and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Josh]

Hi @matthewschojan,

You can try something like this, or variations of it:
(The choice_filter is not necessary, but since the right side seems to be the opposite of the left, it might make sense not to be able to select both)

survey

type	name	label	appearance	choice_filter
begin_group	body_position_group	BODY POSITION	field-list
select_multiple good_positions	good_position	Signs that it’s going well	w2	not(contains(${bad_position}, name))
select_multiple bad_positions	bad_position	Signs of difficulty	w2	not(contains(${good_position}, name))
end_group
begin_group	responses_group	RESPONSES	field-list
select_multiple good_responses	good_response	Signs that it’s going well	w2	not(contains(${bad_response}, name))
select_multiple bad_responses	bad_response	Signs of difficulty	w2	not(contains(${good_response}, name))
end_group

choices

list_name	name	label
good_positions	p1	Option 1
good_positions	p2	Option 2
good_positions	p3	Option 3
good_positions	p4	Option 4
good_positions	p5	Option 5
bad_positions	p1	Option 1
bad_positions	p2	Option 2
bad_positions	p3	Option 3
bad_positions	p4	Option 4
bad_positions	p5	Option 5
good_responses	p1	Option 1
good_responses	p2	Option 2
good_responses	p3	Option 3
good_responses	p4	Option 4
good_responses	p5	Option 5
bad_responses	p1	Option 1
bad_responses	p2	Option 2
bad_responses	p3	Option 3
bad_responses	p4	Option 4
bad_responses	p5	Option 5

settings

style
theme-grid no-text-transform

With the resulting form looking like this:

[matthewschojan]

Thank you for the response - it’s exactly the way I was hoping to lay it out. However, is there a way to do this without affecting the rest of the formatting on the larger form? We have 10 other sections with 100+ questions that are displayed in the default settings with one question at a time and require validation before moving to the next question. The settings sheet just has the default language displayed in the current form. There is nothing about style. I’m not sure how to add the style to this one section of the form without affecting all of the others.

Thanks again.

[Josh]

Hi @matthewschojan, unfortunately to achieve that layout it requires a form-wide theme to be defined in the settings sheet. You could split these questions into a separate survey if you want to have it both ways, or if you want to go with the grid theme, your other questions will look something like this:

(The grid theme does give you some additional flexibility in how you format the rest of your survey by giving questions a w[some number] value in their appearance column.)

[matthewschojan]

Thanks @Josh.

I don’t see a style option on my xlsform settings sheet when I download it. Should I just add the style column after the existing default language and version columns? Or should I delete the default language and version columns?

Also, Will the grid theme work on the Kobo App or only on Enketo and web-based collection?

Thanks

[Josh]

Hi @matthewschojan, you can just add another column with the style header in the settings sheet, no need to delete other settings.

Setting the theme only affects Enketo. You can see the differences between Enketo and the Collect app here: Overview on Data Collection Tools — KoBoToolbox documentation