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Pre-screening is any activity by which the researcher obtains and uses information about potential subjects without direct contact with the potential subjects, for the purposes of:

• Developing research questions
• Determining study feasibility (in terms of the available number and eligibility of potential study participants)
• Developing of eligibility (inclusion and exclusion) criteria
• Determining of eligibility for study participation of individual potential subjects
• Identifying potential subjects to contact and obtaining their contact information