Factors influencing the suicide intervention skills of emergency medical services providers

Figures & data

Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics.

Gender	n	%
Male	7	2.6
Female	261	97.4
Age
22–42	77	29.2
43–63	180	68.2
64–84	7	2.7
Education
Vocation	8	3.0
College	140	52.2
Higher	120	44.8
Position
Doctor	76	28.4
Nurse	190	70.9
Administration	2	0.7
Employment period
Up to 10 years	26	10.6
11 – 20 years	49	20.0
21–30 years	92	37.6
31–40 years	69	28.2
41 – 52 years	9	3.7
Workload
10 hours per week	2	0.7
20 hours per week	5	1.9
30 hours per week	177	66.0
40 hours per week	50	18.7
50 hours per week	25	9.3
60 and > hours per week	9	3.4

Table 2. Maslach Burnout Inventory Emotional Exhaustion scale averages of different age groups and employment periods.

Sociodemographic characteristics		n	SIRI Mean ± SD	Mean Rank	Mann-Whitney U	Z	P
Age	≤47	137	16.75 ± 8,42	141.64	7447.00	−2.02	0.04
	≥48	127	14.75 ± 8,47	122.64
Employment period	≤25 years	123	16.91 ± 8.51	132.44	6341.50	−2.10	0.04
	≥26 years	122	14.65 ± 8.51	113.48

Significance level (p < 0.05).

Table 3. Comparison between suicide intervention skills and sociodemographic characteristics.

Sociodemographic characteristics		n	SIRI Mean ± SD	Mean Rank	Mann-Whitney U	Z	P
Age	≤47	137	13.90 ± 4.41	161.54	4721.00	−6.43	<0.001*
	≥48	127	9.63 ± 5.18	101.17
Education	Vocational/college	148	10.51 ± 5.10	114.00	5846.00	−4.82	<0.001*
	Higher	120	13.43 ± 4.93	159.78
Employment period	up to 25 years	123	14.07 ± 4.55	150.40	4132,50	−6.09	<0.001*
	from 26 years	120	9.86 ± 4.94	95.37
Workload	≤30 hours per week	184	11.19 ± 5.21	124.51	5889,00	−3.13	<0.01**
	≥40 hours per week	84	13.32 ± 4.93	156.39

Significance level (p < 0.001*; p < 0.01**).

Table 4. Correlations between attitudes towards suicide prevention and suicide intervention skills.

Suicide intervention skills (SIRI)	Attitudes towards suicide prevention (ASPS)
Prior to the training	Spearman correlation coefficient (rS)	−0.309**
After the training	Spearman correlation coefficient (rS)	−0.176*

Significance level (p*<0.05; p**<0.001).

ASPS: The Attitudes to Suicide Prevention Scale.

Table 5. Linear regression – suicide intervention skills predictive factors analysis.

Predictive factors	B	Beta	t	p
Attitudes towards suicide prevention	−0.29	−0.32	−4.8	0.001
Emotional exhaustion	0.07	0.11	1.60	0.11
Depersonalization	0.16	0.12	1.77	0.08
Personal accomplishment	−0.04	−0.06	−0.9	0.37
Problem-focused coping	0.04	0.07	0.84	0.40
Emotional-focused coping	−0.05	−0.07	−0.88	0.38
Less useful coping	0.08	0.07	0.97	0.33

Regression equation coefficients: correlation coefficient, R = 0.37; determination coefficient, R² = 0.14;

Adjusted R square = 0.11; variance, F = 5.18; unstandardized coefficient, B; standardized regression coefficient, Beta; t, t-test.

Significance level (p < 0.001).

The dependent variable: suicide intervention skills (SIRI score) during the first survey.