This study aims to propose relevant indicators for community characterization as a mechanism for identifying outreach needs. To this end, the thematic areas and variables considered in outreach studies conducted at the Veraguas Regional University Center during the 2012-2022 period were identified. The data collection methods used in these studies were also reviewed. The results of the outreach studies were also compared with the strategic plans developed. This phase required the development of matrices that compared the thematic areas, variables, indicators, and outreach activities planned to meet the identified outreach needs. The findings were subsequently shared with the Extension Coordination Subcommittees: Comprehensive Strengthening of Extension, Disadvantaged Groups, Environmental Culture for Sustainable Development, Links with Graduates, Cultural Projection, and Continuing Education, with the purpose of understanding, among other aspects, their concerns, but fundamentally the information requirements of each one, according to their area of ??responsibility and type of extension intervention to which they are called. As a result of the study, 10 thematic areas and 93 variables were identified, which, incorporated into an instrument, were applied as a pilot test in the La Mata del Espino Community, Canto Del Llano district, Santiago district, on December 18, 2022. The pilot test was carried out using convenience sampling in open dwellings where the head of the household was present. Ninety-three items were validated, distributed across six areas, responding to the information needs of the Outreach Coordination subcommittees and the 16 faculties operating in the Veraguas CRU.