Ever feel like your wellness feedback surveys aren’t getting the insight you thought they would? …It could be the questions. Freshen it up by including these 10 thought-provoking questions in your next survey.
1. How do you feel about your current physical activity level?
- Physical activity is not a concern for me, I exercise consistently
- Not considering change at this time
- I am thinking about changes and may have started a few
- This is important to me and I am actively making changes
2. In which of the following categories would you place yourself? (Check only one) (source: hap.org)
- I’m not interested in pursuing a healthy lifestyle
- I have been thinking about changing some of my health behaviors
- I am planning on making a health behavior change within the next 30 days
- I have made some healthy behavior changes but I still have trouble following through
- I have had a health lifestyle for years
- Other
3. Please rate how helpful our current wellness programs have been in helping you reach your wellness goals(source hap.org)
- Extremely helpful
- Somewhat helpful
- Only slightly helpful
- Not at all
- I have not participated in current programs
4. If you did not reach this years wellness incentive, why not?
5. What is your biggest motivation to your own wellness?
- Health
- Longevity
- Family
- Body image
- Finances
- Personal goals
- Other
6. How would you rate the environment around the wellness program in terms of being support of your wellness goals? Consider policies, managers, culture.
7. If the wellness program could do ONE thing to help employees improve their health and wellness over the next 12 months what would you suggest?
8. How would you rate your direct supervisor’s support of your wellness goals?
9. If a wellness activity was of interest to you, would you be willing to pay to participate? (Example: group walks or run, weight management/exercise program, cooking program?) (source: hap.org)
10. Thinking about your physical health, which includes physical illness and injury, for how many days during the past 30 days was your physical health not good? (source: cdc.gov)
Note this is not intended to be a complete survey, but rather additional questions you can add to your new or existing survey.
What questions do you use to gain the insight into your workplace culture? Let us know in the comment section below!