Instructions given to participants.
| Page 1: Thank you for taking the time to complete this study about what the Spirit of OMERACT means to you Please click on the continue button PLEASE DO NOT CLICK THE BACK BUTTON ON YOUR BROWSER WHILE COMPLETING THIS STUDY, AS THIS WILL ERASE YOUR PROGRESS |
| Page 2 (Intro text): This study is about the OMERACT conference. We are interested in your own personal beliefs about what contributes to creating the Spirit of OMERACT Please maximize your browser window and click on the continue-button to start the survey |
| Page 3 (Step 1 of 5): Read the following statements carefully and split them up into 3 piles: a pile for statements you tend to disagree (or leaStagree) with, a pile for cards you tend to agree with, and a pile for the rest. You can either drag the cards into one of the 3 piles or press 1, 2, 3 on your keyboard. Changes can be made later IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS INSTRUCTION AGAIN, PRESS THE HELP-BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF YOUR BROWSER |
| Page 4 (Step 2 of 5): Take the cards from the ‘AGREE’ pile and read them again. You can scroll through the statements by using the scroll bar. Next, select the 2 statements you moStagree with and place them on the right side of the score sheet below the ‘+7’ Now read the cards in the ‘DISAGREE’ pile again. Just like before, select the 2 statements you most disagree with and place them on the left side of the score sheet below the ‘–7’. Next, select the statements you second most agree/disagree with and place them under ‘+6’/‘–6’. Follow this procedure for all cards in the ‘AGREE’ and ‘DISAGREE’ pile Finally, read the ‘NEUTRAL’ cards again and arrange them in the remaining open boxes of the score sheet Don’t worry if some statements you tend to agree with end up towards the negative end of the grid, because we are interested in your opinions on the statements in relation to each other REMEMBER, YOU CAN SEE THESE INSTRUCTIONS AGAIN AT ANY TIME BY CLICKING ON THE HELP BUTTON IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF YOUR BROWSER |
| Page 5 (Step 3 of 5): Now you have placed all cards on the score sheet. Please go over your distribution once more and shift cards if you want to |
| Page 6 (Step 4 of 5): Please explain why you agree most or disagree most with the following statements you have placed below ‘+7’ and ‘–7’ |
| Page 7 (Step 5 of 5): Finally, please answer the following questions regarding your background |