Research assessment administration

The manuals converge on the need to administer study measures and structured assessments on schedule, while keeping assessment work compatible with the clinical or therapeutic context. Across the extracts, the sources describe reminders about self-report measures, scheduled completion of questionnaires or clinician-rated tools, and attention to timing windows, including coordination around dosing, recovery, or session flow. They also agree that assessment administration is part of maintaining data quality and protocol fidelity, not an isolated administrative task. The manuals differ in how much emphasis they place on the therapeutic setting and on the kinds of measures involved. The MDMA manuals stress that psychotherapy and participant safety take precedence over exact timing, with measures delayed if needed to avoid disrupting therapeutic engagement. The TREK and UCSF materials are more explicit about the breadth of instruments and modalities, including psychological, spiritual, and neurobehavioral measures, paper-based and Storyline-based assessments, clinician-rated and patient-reported tools, and in one case a physiological task with monitoring. The ClinicalTrials.gov protocol sits between these, listing specific scales and highlighting the distinction between clinician-rated and self-report measures, plus safety escalation and eligibility review when findings warrant it.