Kouvatsou Zoe, Degermedgoglou Georgios, Karamagioli Evika, Pikoulis Emmanouil
"MSc in Global Health - Disaster Medicine", National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
General Police Directorate of Southern Aegean, Syros, Greece.
J Police Crim Psychol. 2022;37(4):856-862. doi: 10.1007/s11896-022-09523-9. Epub 2022 Jun 17.
A significant lack of evidence regarding the effectiveness of psychological first aid (PFA) training of first responders to emergency settings has been reported. The aim of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of a PFA training program on the feeling of confidence on providing help in crisis, knowledge, attitudes, and skills of police officers. Fifty police officers were trained in PFA, using an adapted version of the World Health Organization's program, and they were compared to a control group of 53 police officers. A PFA questionnaire was used to compare the two groups, before and after the implementation of the PFA training. Results revealed significant improvementson confidence, knowledge, attitudes, and skills of trained police officers, in comparison to controls. Thus, the present results suggest that PFA training programs are effective and should be offered to police officers in order to enhance their capacity to provide PFA in emergency settings.
据报道，关于应急现场急救人员心理急救（PFA）培训效果的证据严重不足。本研究的目的是评估PFA培训计划对警察在危机中提供帮助的信心、知识、态度和技能的有效性。50名警察接受了采用世界卫生组织计划改编版的PFA培训，并与53名警察组成的对照组进行比较。在实施PFA培训前后，使用PFA问卷对两组进行比较。结果显示，与对照组相比，接受培训的警察在信心、知识、态度和技能方面有显著提高。因此，目前的结果表明，PFA培训计划是有效的，应该为警察提供，以提高他们在紧急情况下提供PFA的能力。
