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Table 6 Change in confidence: pre-training – immediately post-training.

From: Dissemination and implementation of suicide prevention training in one Scottish region

Item

 

N

Time 1 (Pre)

Time 2 (Post)

Mean change

P

   

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

95% CI*

value*

1

I am confident that I have the interview skills to use my time well with suicidal clients.

195

47.43

20.38

69.62

14.84

22.19

19.87 – 24.51

0.000

2

After seeing a client once I would be confident that I could recognise potential suicide risk.

195

35.35

19.93

63.82

17.92

28.46

25.79 – 31.13

0.000

3

I feel confident that I could differentiate a mild depression from a suicide risk.

195

49.74

22.72

69.66

17.34

19.92

17.45 – 22.39

0.000

4

I am confident in dealing with the needs of suicidal clients.

195

41.17

21.19

65.82

16.91

24.65

22.07 – 27.23

0.000

 

Total

195

173.70

71.43

268.81

60.92

95.22

87.43 – 103.00

0.000

  1. Scoring range (per item): 0 (not at all confident) – 100 (very confident)
  2. *paired t test