Predictors of difficulties in care of patients with suicide attempts

• Main Authors: Shin-Huey Ruan, 阮欣慧
• Other Authors: Chien-Yu Lai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/92344480354995081172

碩士 === 高雄醫學大學 === 護理學研究所 === 100 === The purpose of this study was to explore the relative factors and predictors of difficulties in care of patients with suicide attempts. A cross-sectional design and purposive sampling were used in this study. A total sample of 164 nurses was recruited from emergency department, psychiatric acute ward, day care, or chronic ward of a medical center in southern Taiwan. An anonymous survey with structural questionnaire was conducted to collect data. The instruments included: (1) demographic data; (2) nursing difficulties scale. T-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation and multiple regressions were used for statistical analysis. The results of this study indicated that (1) Significant differences of difficulties in care of patients with suicide attempts were found in marriage status, religion, the types of work units, and the number of suicide patients who were taken care within one year while collecting data. (2) Nurses’ age, the number of years of working in nursing, and the number of years of working in the current unit were negatively correlated with the difficulty of nursing. (3) Nurses’ age, the number of years of working in nursing, marriage status, religion, the types of work units, and the number of suicide patients who were taken care within one year while collecting data were significant predictors of the difficulty of nursing in care of patients with suicide attempts. The findings of this study provide a valuable reference for designing future nursing continuous education and new nurses’ training programs, to improve the nursing quality of caring for patients with suicide attempts. Keywords：suicide attempts, nursing difficulty