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Table 7 Change in confidence: pre-training – 6 months post-training.

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

Item

 

N

Time 1 (Pre)

Time 3 (6 Month)

Mean change*

P value*

   

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

95% CI

 

1

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

59

51.69

21.60

68.83

16.33

17.14

12.88 – 21.39

0.000

2

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

59

37.44

21.33

58.05

20.07

20.61

14.96 – 26.26

0.000

3

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

59

49.95

23.14

68.37

16.20

18.42

13.29 – 23.56

0.000

4

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

59

42.75

21.95

65.98

17.16

23.24

18.53 – 27.95

0.000

 

Total

59

181.83

74.59

261.24

61.20

79.41

63.55 – 95.26

0.000

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