San Paolo Bachelor School of Nursing, University of Milan, San Paolo Teaching Hospital, Asst Santi Paolo e Carlo. Via Ovada, 26, 20142 Milan, Italy.
University of Foggia, ASL BAT. Viale Ippocrate 11, 76121, Italy.
Nurse Educ Today. 2022 Feb;109:105258. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2021.105258. Epub 2021 Dec 24.
Education of nursing students can be a valuable resource in contributing to suicide prevention in mental health service users. The evaluation of students' attitudes towards a complex clinical issue is an important aspect of education that can expand traditional paths to acquisition of competence. Thus far, very few studies investigated attitudes towards suicidal risk among nursing students, and no data are available on Italian settings.
The aim of this study was to explore nursing students' attitudes towards suicidal risk across the Nursing schools in three Italian universities.
Multicentre cross-sectional survey incorporating a before-after design.
A non-randomized sample of nursing students of the bachelor's degree in Nursing in three University hospitals was recruited.
Nursing students completed "Suicide Behaviour Attitude questionnaire-Italian version" (SBAQ-ita scale); second-year nursing students of the University of Milan completed the scale before (T0) and 2 months after (T1) a specific lecture on suicide and suicidal risk.
Three hundred and fourteen students were enrolled (response rate 76.77%). The overall score of sample attitudes had a Median (Me) of 3.5[2.5;4] for the domain "Feeling towards the patient", 3[2;4] for the domains "Professional ability", 5[3;7] for the domain "Right to suicide", 5[4;6] for the domain "Knowledge". Improved median score regarding the domain "Professional ability" (0.015), and decreased median score on the "Knowledge" (0.021) domain were observed at T1.
The study highlights the impact of an educational intervention on nursing students' attitudes, supporting its implementation to improve academic education programmes.
对护理学生进行教育可以成为为精神卫生服务使用者预防自杀做出贡献的宝贵资源。评估学生对复杂临床问题的态度是教育的一个重要方面，它可以扩大获得能力的传统途径。迄今为止，很少有研究调查护理学生对自杀风险的态度，也没有关于意大利背景的数据。
本研究旨在探讨三所意大利大学护理学校学生对自杀风险的态度。
纳入前后设计的多中心横断面调查。
在三所大学医院招募了护理学士学位的护理学生的非随机样本。
护理学生完成了“自杀行为态度问卷-意大利语版”（SBAQ-ita 量表）；米兰大学的二年级护理学生在（T0）和特定的自杀和自杀风险讲座后 2 个月（T1）完成了量表。
共纳入 314 名学生（应答率为 76.77%）。样本态度的总分在“对患者的感觉”领域中位数（Me）为 3.5[2.5;4]，在“专业能力”领域中位数为 3[2;4]，在“自杀权”领域中位数为 5[3;7]，在“知识”领域中位数为 5[4;6]。在 T1 时，观察到“专业能力”领域的中位数评分有所提高（0.015），而“知识”领域的中位数评分有所下降（0.021）。
该研究强调了教育干预对护理学生态度的影响，支持其实施以改善学术教育计划。
