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Table 3 Joint display linking quantitative results and qualitative comments related to self-efficacy

From: Brief gatekeeper training for suicide prevention in an ethnic minority population: a controlled intervention

Variable

Group

Pre score

Post score

P-value

Comments about intervention

Self-efficacy (total)

Control

3.25 ± 0.89

3.54 ± 0.85

0.17

“Everyone can participate in improving the suicidal problem.” (E2_002) “Suicide CAN be prevented.” (E2_011) “Nobody else is going to take care of this ‘problem.’ We all need to help one another instead of being apathetic.” (E2_027)

Intervention

3.30 ± 0.79

4.09 ± 0.77

<0.001

Confident in helping someone with a mental health concern

Control

3.16 ± 1.05

3.47 ± 1.21

0.25

Intervention

3.30 ± 1.11

4.22 ± 0.81

<0.001

Would be easy to directly ask question

Control

3.21 ± 1.42

3.44 ± 1.37

0.49

Mixed methods interpretation

Intervention

3.26 ± 1.43

3.94 ± 1.12

<0.01

Can persuade someone to get help

Control

3.53 ± 1.03

3.68 ± 0.77

0.49

Qualitative comments expand on quantitative results.

Intervention

3.73 ± 0.91

4.22 ± 0.94

<0.01

Can tell if someone close is at risk

Control

3.08 ± 1.04

3.56 ± 0.82

0.04

Intervention

2.95 ± 1.07

4.00 ± 0.82

<0.001

  1. Score range was on a five-point scale from 1 (“strongly disagree”) to 5 (“strongly agree”)