Successful screener questions
Last Updated: March 25, 2025
Providing the right questions to Perigean for their second screening process can help you recruit for a specific audience. This page lists questions that have been used by VFS teams to help Perigean successfully recruit participants for VA.gov studies.
You can add your screener questions, response options, and qualifying answers to the Recruitment Request Form (toward the bottom of the form).
We’d like to refine this list as more evidence comes in about which questions work and do not work. Please provide feedback via this GitHub form on how well it works in your studies and tag the OCTO Research Lead so we know that new feedback has been provided.
Assistive technology
People who use screen readers or screen magnifiers
Do you need a screen reader or screen magnifier every time you use the Internet? We ask this question because we want to make sure that our website works for people who rely on these types of technologies.
Response options: yes or no. (Answering yes would qualify the participant.)
We want to make sure our website works for people with various levels of experience with screen readers. Please rate your experience level using a screen reader:
Response options: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced.
Are you willing to join the Zoom session using this assistive technology?
Response options: yes or no. (Answering yes would qualify the participant.)
What device (computer/tablet/iPhone/Android) do you plan to use for the session?
Response option: text box.
What is the name of the screen reader or screen magnifier technology that you will use during the Zoom session?
Response option: text box.
How long have you been using this screen reader or screen magnifier?
Response option: text box.
What (if any) accommodations will you need to participate in this Zoom session?
Response option: text box.
Mobile
People with mobile phones
Are you able to join the Zoom session from a smartphone, such as a Samsung Galaxy or Apple iPhone? Any kind of smartphone will work as long as it connects to the internet.
Response options: yes or no. (Answering yes would qualify the participant.)
VA.gov accounts
People with a verified VA.gov account
We’d like you to review parts of the VA website that require you to sign in to an identity-verified account. Do you have an identify-verified account on VA.gov? You can check on this by logging into VA.gov. If you see a prompt to verify your identity once you sign in, your identity is not yet verified.
Response options: yes or no. (Answering yes would qualify the participant.)
Pension
People who get a pension from VA
Do you (or the Veteran you're a caregiver for) get a pension from the VA?
Response options: yes or no. (Answering yes would qualify the participant.)
People who don't get a pension from VA
Do you (or the Veteran you're a caregiver for) get a pension from the VA?
Response options: yes or no. (Answering no would qualify the participant.)
Healthcare
Active VA healthcare users
Have you seen a healthcare provider in a VA medical center or other VA healthcare facility in the last 12 months?
Response options: yes or no. (Answering yes would qualify the participant.)
People who don’t use VA healthcare
Do you (or the Veteran you're a caregiver for) have VA health care?
Response options: yes or no. (Answering no would qualify the participant.)
Disability benefits
People who do get VA disability compensation for a service-connected disability rating of 50% or higher
Do you (or the Veteran you're a caregiver for) get VA disability compensation for a service-connected disability rating of 50% or higher?
Response options: yes or no. (Answering yes would qualify the participant.)
People who don't get VA disability compensation for a service-connected disability rating of 50% or higher
Do you (or the Veteran you're a caregiver for) get VA disability compensation for a service-connected disability rating of 50% or higher?
Response options: yes or no. (Answering no would qualify the participant.)
Additional categories
Cognitive disabilities
Do you find it difficult to remember or learn new things, focus on a task, or make decisions? We ask this question because we want to make sure that our tools work for people who live with challenges like these.
Response options: yes or no. (Answering yes would qualify the participant.)
LGBTQ+
Do you identify as a member of the LGBTQ+ community? We ask this question because we want to make sure the feedback we get from these sessions represents all the people we serve.
Response options: yes or no. (Answering yes would qualify the participant.)
Help and feedback
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