Japanese Motivation to Change Lifestyle Scale for Dementia Risk Reduction

A Japanese-language survey scale measuring motivation to change lifestyle and health behaviors for dementia risk reduction. The scale was validated using responses from 500 Japanese adults aged 40–89 years recruited online. The validation study examined reliability and validity based on the health belief model.

Use Cases

• Validate psychometric instruments for dementia prevention research based on the health belief model.
• Analyze motivation factors for lifestyle change among older adults based on the seven-factor structure.
• Conduct cross-cultural comparisons of health behavior motivation scales.
• Assess test-retest reliability of survey instruments over a two-week period.

Strengths

• Validation involved 500 Japanese adult respondents.
• The scale demonstrated high internal consistency with Cronbach's α > 0.7 for all seven subscales.
• Exploratory factor analysis explained 58% of the variance.
• Test-retest reliability was assessed over a two-week interval.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the Japanese sample.

Provenance

Source

Fumiya Nakai

Collection Method

Online survey of 500 Japanese adults aged 40–89 years.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 05:01:14; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Japan