Readiness to change ruler
Please choose the point on this readiness ruler which best reflects how ready you feel to make changes in your lifestyle to reduce your risk of developing diabetes. Where 0 = I am not prepared to change and 10 = I am already making changes.
*
Back
Next
How ready am I to change?
Score 0-3
Your score indicates that you may not be ready yet to make the changes in your lifestyle that will reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Try answering the following questions to help you to build your readiness to change. You can then save your responses as a PDF document for future reference as your readiness to change increases over time. Use the tools in this part of the app about building your self-esteem and your mental and emotional wellbeing to help to build your readiness for change.
Score 4-5
Your score indicates that you are getting close to being ready to make changes in your lifestyle that will reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes change. Try answering the following questions to help you to build your readiness to change. You can then save your responses as a PDF document for future reference. Use the tools in this part of the app about building your self-esteem and your mental and emotional wellbeing to help to build your readiness for change.
Score 6-10
Your score indicates that you are ready to make some changes. You may already be doing so. Try answering the following questions to help you make more progress with these changes. You can then save your responses as a PDF document for future reference. Use the tools in this part of the app about building your self-esteem and your mental and emotional wellbeing to help to build your readiness for change.
Questions
Improving my readiness to change
Think about why you chose this score, and not a lower or a higher one. What does this tell you about: a) the factors that motivate you to change; b) the barriers that prevent you changing?
How will you know when it is time to think about changing?
What qualities in yourself are important to you? Is there any connection between these qualities and your readiness to change?
What are the good things about ways you are currently trying to change?
What are the things that are not so good?
What would be a good result of changing?
What are the barriers to changing?
What is one barrier to change?
What are some things that could help you overcome this barrier?
Choose one action you can take to address this barrier
Try writing down this action in the following way: "I will take this action by _________ (specific date)".
If you have taken a serious step in making a change:
What made you decide on that particular step? What has worked in taking this step? What helped it work? What could help it work even better? What else would help?
Choose an action you can take to move this step further forward.
Now note the step down and decide to do it by _______________ (specific date).
Submit
Should be Empty: