Ethical dilemmas regarding the right to re-use questionnaires

A questionnaire is a predetermined set of questions used to collect data interest. The use questionnaires in biomedical sciences has been continually rising recent years, both epidemiological research and clinical work. Questionnaires are created by experts the relevant field who from literature. Using previously created, validated published saves time resources enables comparison results with those other studies which had already used. Any measuring instrument or material found on website, journal medium expression assumed be copyrighted, it legal ethical responsibility researcher obtain permission use, modify and/or reproduce that instrument. When requesting permission, necessary for introduce themselves, state institution where they work carefully explain reason purpose translate validate new population. After obtaining questionnaire/ scale, issue its adequate translation cultural adaptation revalidation population applied arises. It save obtained reproduction instrument, whether copy correspondence contract, as proof researchers have right Not appropriate questionnaire/scale can result non-publication results, editors will not publish unless provided questionnaire, well withdrawal publication, fine