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Psychometric evaluation of Suicide Management Competency Scale for nursing students: A cross-sectional study.
Lu, Chueh-Fen; Beckstead, Jason W; Ye, Jia-You; Yang, Chiu Yueh.
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  • Lu CF; Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology & Associate Researcher at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan.
  • Beckstead JW; College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
  • Ye JY; College of Medicine, School of Nursing, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
  • Yang CY; College of Nursing, School of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Int J Ment Health Nurs ; 2024 May 15.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38747687
ABSTRACT
Suicide management skills are essential for nursing students, as they are often the initial healthcare contact for individuals at risk of suicide. Recognising signs of suicidal ideation and behaviour is critical for initiating timely interventions. This study aimed to develop and access the psychometric evaluation of the Suicide Management Competency Scale (SMCS) for nursing students. A first draft of the SMCS was initially developed following literature and focus group, and a scale containing 28 items was constructed. We recruited 216 participants from two nursing schools. Construct validity was evaluated with exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Internal consistency reliability was determined with Cronbach's alpha, and test-retest reliability was examined with intra-class correlation. After four rounds of EFA and item analysis, we reduced the number of items to 16. We deleted 12 items, including 4 items for communalities less than 0.40, 3 items for cross-loading, 3 items for factor loading less than 0.40, and 2 items for low corrected item-total correlation. The final 16-item SMCS resulted in three subscales, which explained 55.813% of the total variance emotional challenges in suicide risk assessment, delivering suicide interventions, and suicide risk nursing competence and confidence. Cronbach's alpha was 0.854 for the total score and 0.748 to 0.847 for the subscales. The newly developed SMCS was found to have good reliability and validity, suggesting that this scale could be used to evaluate nursing students' perceived competency in managing suicide, which might help cultivate competence in nurses' ability to effectively manage and prevent suicide, thus contributing to saving lives.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Int J Ment Health Nurs Asunto de la revista: ENFERMAGEM / PSICOLOGIA Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Taiwán Pais de publicación: Australia
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Int J Ment Health Nurs Asunto de la revista: ENFERMAGEM / PSICOLOGIA Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Taiwán Pais de publicación: Australia