2024-03-28T10:07:52Z
https://u-ryukyu.repo.nii.ac.jp/oai
oai:u-ryukyu.repo.nii.ac.jp:02016918
2022-02-22T07:19:59Z
1642838163960:1642838198944:1642838199408:1642838232560
1642838403551:1642838412624
Public recognition of and attitudes toward suicidality : a study of various factors affecting gatekeeper capability
Kuba, Teizo
Nakamoto, Yuzuru
Koda, Munenaga
Fukuhara, Hiroshi
Michishita, Satoshi
Yakushi, Takashi
Tanaka, Osamu
Kondo, Tsuyoshi
suicide prevention
recognition
skill
attitude
education
gatekeeper
Aim: In the present study, we aimed to investigate the practical usefulness of a single gatekeeper-training lecture for suicide prevention and examine the potential factors that modulate gatekeeper capability for suicide prevention in the general population. Methods: A 12-item questionnaire, comprising questions about recognition/attitudes regarding suicidality, was administered to 493 members of the general population before and after they attended a gatekeeper-training lecture. Each item was assessed using a 4-point scale (1=very negative, and 4=very positive). For subgrouping of the 12 items, the baseline scores were analyzed using an exploratory factor analysis. With regard to the subscale scores, gender effects were examined by Studentʼs t-test, while the effects of generation and employment/occupation status were tested using ANOVA followed by the Tukey test. Finally, multiple regression analysis was performed to test for the possible determinants of post-lecture recognition, attitude, and approaching skills as gatekeepers for suicide prevention. Results: An exploratory factor analysis of the baseline scores of the 12 items was performed using the following three distinct subscales: the expressed attitudes, cognitive understanding, and approaching skills. Scores of the 12 items improved significantly after the lecture. The older participants (aged≧60 years) had lower post-lecture scores in all the subscales than the younger participants. Moreover, at both baseline and post-lecture, medical care professionals scored higher than the unemployed participants and/or employed non-medical workers in all the subscales, while the employed non-medical workers scored higher than the unemployed participants in the expressed attitudes subscale. Multiple regression analyses revealed that the score for each subscale post-lecture was strongly dependent on its baseline score, and the baseline score of expressed attitudes predicted the post-lecture scores of the other two subscales. Conclusion: The present study suggests that active workers aged<60 years with positive expressed attitudes for suicide prevention gain more educational effects from the gatekeeper-training lecture than the older group (aged≧60 years).
論文
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
琉球医学会
Ryukyu Medical Association
VoR
1346-888X
AN10369445
琉球医学会誌 = Ryukyu Medical Journal
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39
14
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eng
open access
琉球医学会