The Prediction of the Motivation of Behavior Modification for Health Guidance by the Self-motivation Test

Abstract

Objective: Recently, the health guidance in regard to lifestyle related disease has been performed depending on the stage of the subject. However, we cannot lead behavior modification if the subjects of guidance do not have motivation to expect behavior modification. In this study, the self-motivation test (SMT) investigated utility for the scale which evaluated motivation of behavior modification. Methods: We intended for 42 elderly who participated in the fall prevention programs and the questionnaire survey was performed at the beginning and three months later. Results: The stages of 11 participants were improved by this program. As for prediction of the motivation of behavior modification for health guidance, the sensibility was 0.64 and the specificity was 0.45. According to the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve, the SMT was not regarded as a useful diagnostic tool. However, concerning of the likelihood rate of a positive result, it is thought the SMT is a diagnostic tool with high specificity when we assumed 21 points of SMT score cutoff value (sensitivity 0.33, specificity 0.91). Conclusions: In the guidance planning depending on the stage of behavior modification, the SMT may become a useful tool at a point evaluating the motivation of behavior modification.