Self-Assessment Questionnaire for Risk Factors for Health Deterioration Test

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Example Questions From the Test
- Yes
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- No
Self-Assessment Questionnaire for Risk Factors for Health Deterioration Test - Description and methodology of the test
People who want to examine everyday influences on their wellbeing can use the Self-Assessment Questionnaire for Risk Factors for Health Deterioration Test as a structured starting point. It suits self-reflection about habits, movement, school-related conditions, and support available in those settings. As a health risk questionnaire, it helps respondents organize personal habits and school influences into a clearer picture of the factors they can reflect on.
What This Assessment Explores
The questionnaire examines modifiable routines, personal health practices, and environmental influences linked with wellbeing. References to lessons, teachers, school support, and the school environment make it especially relevant to respondents who can reflect on school-related conditions alongside their personal health habits.
The themes covered by this health risk factors questionnaire include:
- Posture and movement show how slouching, bent-back positions, heavy bags, and limited activity appear in daily routines.
- Eating and self-care indicate irregular meals and attention to maintaining personal health.
- Reading and smoking capture conditions or behaviors that may increase physical strain or health risk.
- School climate reflects perceived support, fatigue, concentration, anxiety, and teacher influence.
The result is reported as Risk of Health Deterioration, scored from 0-14, with Favorable 0-6, Moderate 7-11, and Risk zone 12-14. These bands indicate how strongly the recorded pattern points toward preventive attention.
Methodology and Evidence Base
Each item uses a brief self-report prompt. Most offer Yes or No; some add Not sure, while the final items describe classroom feelings, teacher influence, or the school environment. The format combines reported behavior with judgments about context.
The questionnaire reports a result on the displayed scale. Because it does not specify how individual answers contribute, interpretation should follow the stated bands rather than assume a particular calculation. The result describes reported risk factors associated with health deterioration, rather than forecasting illness.
Conceptually, the questionnaire is consistent with Smirnov's school health-risk questionnaire and Smirnov's health-saving education framework, but is not presented as a direct adaptation of either. Attention to school conditions also corresponds with Bagnetova, Korchin, and Sorokun's analysis of student health risks and Jessor's psychosocial account of risk behavior.
This online version is presented without a stated standardization, normative sample, reliability estimate, or clinical cutoff. Current circumstances, memory, self-awareness, and willingness to disclose can affect answers, so the result is best used to identify preventive priorities for further reflection.
- Smirnov, N. K. Indicative Assessment of Students' Health Status at School. Practice of Administrative Work in School. 2006;(1):30-38.
- Bagnetova, E. A., Korchin, V. I., and Sorokun, I. V. School Environment and Risk Factors Affecting the Health of Students. Fundamental Research. 2011;10(2):261-264.
- Smirnov, N. K. Health-Saving Educational Technologies and the Psychology of Health at School. Moscow: ARKTI; 2005. 318 pp. ISBN 5-89415-432-4.
- Jessor, R. Risk Behavior in Adolescence: A Psychosocial Framework for Understanding and Action. Journal of Adolescent Health. 1991;12(8):597-605. 10.1016/1054-139X(91)90007-K
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