Study: wording of mental health surveys may skew results
NCT ID NCT06956378
First seen Feb 03, 2026 · Last updated May 22, 2026 · Updated 13 times
Summary
This study looks at whether emphasizing certain words in a mental health questionnaire changes how people respond. Researchers will ask 200 adults with depression or anxiety to fill out the same survey twice in one day, with different instructions. The goal is to understand if the way questions are phrased affects the results, which could help improve how we measure mental health.
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University of California - Irvine
Orange, California, 92868, United States
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