Identifying Social Factors that Stratify Health Opportunities and Outcomes (ISSHOOs) Set B
​Researchers are recommended to consider including a subset of the 30 Set B items (in addition to Set A)

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Cite:

Karran EL, Cashin AG, Chiarotto A, Sharma S, Barker T, Boyd MA, Maxwell LJ, Mohabir V, Petkovic J, Tugwell P, Moseley GL, The ISSHOOs Group. Identifying Social factors that Stratify Health Opportunities and Outcomes (ISSHOOs) in pain research: Consensus recommendations for the collection and reporting of equity-relevant data. eClinicalMedicine 2025;90:103586.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103586 ​

​The ISSHOOs Recommendations have been developed for use in health research.
​For ease of application, the ISSHOOs Set B questionnaire has been set up for use in REDCap and Qualtrics: 

​To access and use ISSHOOOs Set B in REDCap:

Step 1: Download the REDCap Instrument (ZIP file): ​

isshoossetb_2025-10-31_0909.zip
File Size:	5 kb
File Type:	zip

Download File

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Step 2: Import into Your REDCap Project

1. Log in to REDCap (e.g., through your university, hospital, or research institute).
2. Create a New Project or open an existing one.
3. Go to Project Setup → Design your data collection instruments & enable your surveys.
4. Under Online Designer, select Upload Instrument.
5. Upload the ZIP file you downloaded in Step 1.
6. ISSHOOs Set B will now appear as a data collection instrument in your project.

​​Step 3: Review and customise the questionnaire for your project.
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Note: This REDCap instrument has been tested on REDCap version 15.5.9. Minor formatting differences may occur depending on your institution’s REDCap setup. ​

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​To access and use ISSHOOs Set A in Qualtrics:

Step 1: Download the Qualtrics Questionnaire (.qsf)
           (Available November 2025)

Step 2: ​Import into your Qualtrics Project

1. Log in to Qualtrics
2. Click Create Project → From a File.
3. Upload the .qsf file.

Step 3: Review & customise the questionnaire for your project.

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For further information and guidance regarding use of ISSHOOs Set B refer to the 'Explanation and Elaboration document: Available at OSF Preprints (2025): Identifying Social factors that Stratify Health Opportunities and Outcomes (ISSHOOs) in pain research: Explanation and elaboration to support the standardised reporting of equity-relevant data