@article{oai:u-ryukyu.repo.nii.ac.jp:02016918,
 author = {Kuba, Teizo and Nakamoto, Yuzuru and Koda, Munenaga and Fukuhara, Hiroshi and Michishita, Satoshi and Yakushi, Takashi and Tanaka, Osamu and Kondo, Tsuyoshi},
 issue = {1-4},
 journal = {琉球医学会誌 = Ryukyu Medical Journal},
 note = {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},
 pages = {1--14},
 title = {Public recognition of and attitudes toward suicidality : a study of various factors affecting gatekeeper capability},
 volume = {39}
}