Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Department of Nursing, Saint Paul's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
BMC Med Educ. 2023 Sep 22;23(1):692. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04685-4.
This study aimed to explore the knowledge, self-efficacy, and attitudes toward suicide prevention among nurses with different demographic characteristics.
A cross-sectional descriptive design was adopted, and the study was conducted between August and September 2020. The content of the questionnaire included basic demographics, knowledge, self-efficacy, and attitudes toward suicide prevention. Correlation analysis was performed to determine nurses' knowledge, self-efficacy, and attitudes toward suicide prevention.
The sample comprised 778 nursing staff from a medical center in southern Taiwan. The results showed that age, years of nursing experience, department type, education on suicide prevention, and care experience of nursing staff were associated with their knowledge, self-efficacy, and attitudes toward suicide prevention in general hospital patients. Younger and less experienced nurses demonstrated superior knowledge, self-efficacy, and attitudes toward suicide prevention. Nurses who received suicide-related education and training exhibited better self-efficacy and attitudes than those who did not. Nurses with care experience had better knowledge of suicide prevention than those without experience. Knowledge and self-efficacy in suicide prevention were both significantly and positively correlated with attitudes.
Younger, less experienced, psychiatric nurses demonstrated superior knowledge, self-efficacy, and attitudes toward suicide prevention. Therefore, education on suicide prevention should be strengthened for older, experienced, and non-psychiatric nurses.
本研究旨在探讨具有不同人口统计学特征的护士对预防自杀的知识、自我效能感和态度。
采用横断面描述性设计，研究于 2020 年 8 月至 9 月进行。问卷内容包括基本人口统计学、预防自杀知识、自我效能感和态度。采用相关性分析来确定护士对预防自杀的知识、自我效能感和态度。
该样本包括来自台湾南部一家医学中心的 778 名护理人员。结果表明，年龄、护理经验年限、科室类型、预防自杀教育和护理人员的护理经验与他们对一般住院患者预防自杀的知识、自我效能感和态度有关。年轻和经验较少的护士表现出更好的预防自杀知识、自我效能感和态度。接受过与自杀相关的教育和培训的护士比没有接受过培训的护士具有更好的自我效能感和态度。有护理经验的护士比没有经验的护士对预防自杀的知识了解更多。预防自杀的知识和自我效能感与态度均呈显著正相关。
年轻、经验较少、精神科护士对预防自杀具有更好的知识、自我效能感和态度。因此，应加强对年龄较大、经验丰富和非精神科护士的预防自杀教育。
