Table 3 IES-R score for nurses who had experienced inpatient suicide.
From: The impact of inpatient suicide on psychiatric nurses and their need for support
Not at all | A little bit | Moderately | Quite a bit | Extremely | No/inappropriate answer | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Any reminder brought back feelings about it | 63 | 21.6 | 117 | 40.1 | 63 | 21.6 | 25 | 8.6 | 15 | 5.1 | 9 | 3.1 | 292 | 100 |
I had trouble staying asleep | 206 | 70.5 | 37 | 12.7 | 28 | 9.6 | 8 | 2.7 | 1 | 0.3 | 12 | 4.1 | 292 | 100 |
Other things kept making me think about it | 189 | 64.7 | 58 | 19.9 | 24 | 8.2 | 6 | 2.1 | 6 | 2.1 | 9 | 3.1 | 292 | 100 |
I felt irritable and angry | 234 | 80.1 | 38 | 13.0 | 7 | 2.4 | 4 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 3.1 | 292 | 100 |
I avoided letting myself get upset when I thought about it or was reminded of it | 145 | 49.7 | 91 | 31.2 | 24 | 8.2 | 17 | 5.8 | 5 | 1.7 | 10 | 3.4 | 292 | 100 |
I thought about it when I didn't mean to | 133 | 45.5 | 100 | 34.2 | 31 | 10.6 | 14 | 4.8 | 3 | 1.0 | 11 | 3.8 | 292 | 100 |
I felt as if it hadn't happened or wasn't real | 199 | 68.2 | 46 | 15.8 | 21 | 7.2 | 5 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.3 | 20 | 6.8 | 292 | 100 |
I stayed away from reminders about it | 197 | 67.5 | 53 | 18.2 | 15 | 5.1 | 7 | 2.4 | 3 | 1.0 | 17 | 5.8 | 292 | 100 |
Pictures about it popped into my mind | 193 | 66.1 | 59 | 20.2 | 14 | 4.8 | 8 | 2.7 | 3 | 1.0 | 15 | 5.1 | 292 | 100 |
I was jumpy and easily startled | 172 | 58.9 | 63 | 21.6 | 24 | 8.2 | 11 | 3.8 | 9 | 3.1 | 13 | 4.5 | 292 | 100 |
I tried not to think about it | 152 | 52.1 | 67 | 22.9 | 34 | 11.6 | 18 | 6.2 | 7 | 2.4 | 14 | 4.8 | 292 | 100 |
I was aware that I still had a lot of feelings about it,but I didn't deal with them | 165 | 56.5 | 62 | 21.2 | 26 | 8.9 | 17 | 5.8 | 6 | 2.1 | 16 | 5.5 | 292 | 100 |
My feelings about it were kind of numb | 162 | 55.5 | 70 | 24.0 | 35 | 12.0 | 6 | 2.1 | 2 | 0.7 | 17 | 5.8 | 292 | 100 |
I found myself acting or feeling as though I was back at that time | 214 | 73.3 | 42 | 14.4 | 17 | 5.8 | 4 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 14 | 4.8 | 292 | 100 |
I had trouble falling asieep | 212 | 72.6 | 38 | 13.0 | 14 | 4.8 | 10 | 3.4 | 4 | 1.4 | 14 | 4.8 | 292 | 100 |
I had waves of strong feelings about it | 192 | 65.8 | 53 | 18.2 | 22 | 7.5 | 9 | 3.1 | 5 | 1.7 | 11 | 3.8 | 292 | 100 |
I tried to remove it from my memory | 201 | 68.8 | 42 | 14.4 | 21 | 7.2 | 9 | 3.1 | 4 | 1.4 | 15 | 5.1 | 292 | 100 |
I had trouble concentrating | 226 | 77.4 | 40 | 13.7 | 9 | 3.1 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 13 | 4.5 | 292 | 100 |
Reminders of it caused me to have physical reactions,such as sweating,trouble breathing,nausea,or a pounding heart | 227 | 77.7 | 38 | 13.0 | 12 | 4.1 | 4 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 3.8 | 292 | 100 |
I had dreams about it | 246 | 84.2 | 28 | 9.6 | 4 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 4.5 | 292 | 100 |
I felt watchful or on-guard | 112 | 38.4 | 92 | 31.5 | 41 | 14.0 | 20 | 6.8 | 14 | 4.8 | 13 | 4.5 | 292 | 100 |
I tried not to talk about it | 187 | 64.0 | 54 | 18.5 | 22 | 7.5 | 11 | 3.8 | 5 | 1.7 | 13 | 4.5 | 292 | 100 |