Quality of assistance provided by members of the Australian public to a person at risk of suicide: associations with training experiences and sociodemographic factors in a national survey

Table 2 Quality of intentions and actions by type of vignette: mean (SD), 95% CI and N

Type of Vignette	Quality of Intentions			Quality of Actions
Type of Vignette	Mean (SD)	95% CI	N	Mean (SD)	95% CI	N
Distressing life events only: Male	2.60 (1.33)	2.49–2.72	511	2.77 (1.38)	2.56–2.97	175
Distressing life events only: Female	2.57 (1.29)	2.46–2.68	529	2.80 (1.50)	2.57–3.02	176
Indirect verbal suicide communication: Male	3.00 (1.49)	2.87–3.13	492	2.49 (1.56)	2.23–2.75	145
Indirect verbal suicide communication: Female	3.18 (1.42)	3.05–3.32	455	2.72 (1.36)	2.51–2.92	165
Direct verbal suicide communication: Male	3.22 (1.46)	3.10–3.35	497	2.66 (1.30)	2.43–2.89	125
Direct verbal suicide communication: Female	3.23 (1.51)	3.10–3.36	518	2.55 (1.33)	2.33–2.77	146

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