Abstract
Objective: We objectively evaluated the skill of health guidance staff in giving health guidance on metabolic syndrome using videos. We also examined correlation coefficients between subjective and objective evaluations.
Methods: The subjects were 37 health guidance staff from 3 institutions (Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, and Niigata, Japan). They simulated giving specific health guidance to a mock patient and we made a video of them doing it. Three evaluators scored their skill in health guidance using a questionnaire for this purpose having questions on 29 items. The subjects also evaluated themselves using the questionnaire. We analyzed the scores for these objective and subjective evaluations of skill and calculated their correlation coefficients.
Results: The highest mean score (SD) of the objective evaluation was 3.48 (0.26), for the item of “assessment of patients” and this was followed by 3.46 (0.34) for the item of “can think of improvements that can be made together with patients”. The highest mean score for self-evaluation was for the item of “purpose and schedule of the specific health guidance” and this was followed by the item of “goal of dietary habits and effect of weight reduction”. The correlation coefficients were significantly high for “exercise”-related items.
Conclusion: The health guidance staff had mastered assessment, counseling and coaching skills relatively well.
