Development of a Suicide Prevention Education Protocol Based on Nurses' Attitudes Toward Suicide

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K19072
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 58060:Clinical nursing-related
• Research Institution: Suzuka University of Medical Science
• Principal Investigator: Takegasa Yuki 鈴鹿医療科学大学, 看護学部, 助教 (50759884)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 自殺予防 / ポストベンション / 看護師 / 自殺に対する態度

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A questionnaire survey on attitudes toward suicide was conducted among psychiatric nurses at 50 psychiatric hospitals and hospitals with psychiatric wards in Japan, and 458 nurses responded. Analysis of the 413 valid responses to the questionnaire revealed the influence of nurses' attitudes toward suicide on the need for support, nurses' impressions of suicide, and the influence of suicide encounters on health care providers. The poor understanding of suicide and its taboo attitude had a negative impact on the need for support for nurses who encounter suicide, and the nurses' impressions of suicide and their open-ended statements about the impact of suicide revealed a lack of understanding of survivors. These findings suggest that education on suicide prevention, including tertiary prevention, will motivate nurses to provide support.

Free Research Field

精神看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

看護師の自殺に対する態度が支援の必要性に与える影響モデルの適合度から、自殺予防教育プロトコルの作成には至らなかったものの、更なる調査によって完成度を高められる初期モデルが作成できた。また、看護師の自殺に対する印象と自殺が医療者に与える影響の認識からも、三次予防までを含めた自殺予防教育が支援の動機づけに繋がることが示唆され、これらの知見は今後の自殺予防に寄与すると考える。