TABLE 3.

Suicide knowledge and skills confidence scores among health care workers in seven states, by state, training, and profession

		Suicide knowledgea				Suicide skillsb
Variable	N	M	EMMc	SD	SEc	M	EMMc	SD	SEc
State
Texas	3,276	5.23	5.69	1.62	.04	13.57	16.27	3.89	.08
Pennsylvania	902	5.85	6.20	1.40	.06	14.86	17.48	3.18	.12
Kentucky	1,091	6.19	6.12	1.36	.05	16.22	16.18	2.70	.11
New York	4724	5.74	6.03	1.54	.04	14.49	16.45	3.39	.07
Tennessee	629	5.75	6.00	1.54	.06	14.46	16.00	3.67	.13
Indiana	526	5.32	5.77	1.49	.07	13.52	15.66	3.28	.14
Utah	3,545	5.75	5.91	1.42	.04	13.52	15.05	3.68	.07
Training
ASIST onlyd	624	5.96	5.92	1.50	.06	16.32	16.22	2.55	.13
QPR onlye	1,051	6.02	5.96	1.39	.05	15.71	15.89	2.81	.10
Other only	3,256	5.96	5.87	1.39	.03	15.83	15.82	2.72	.06
No training	8,810	5.43	5.55	1.56	.02	12.92	13.40	3.60	.05
Profession
Social worker or case manager	4,051	5.80	6.11	1.44	.04	15.05	16.81	3.11	.08
Counselor or therapist	2,483	6.14	6.35	1.34	.04	16.05	17.67	2.76	.08
Physician or other prescriber	799	6.04	6.34	1.39	.06	14.92	17.25	3.44	.12
Nurse	1,695	5.78	6.08	1.41	.05	13.96	16.19	3.42	.10
Administrator	2,282	5.62	5.95	1.55	.04	13.11	15.21	3.82	.09
Support staff	2,065	4.92	5.40	1.60	.05	11.51	14.13	3.48	.09
Paraprofessional	1,318	5.09	5.48	1.62	.05	13.69	15.83	3.46	.10

^aPossible scores range from 0 to 9, with higher scores indicating greater knowledge about suicide facts.

^bPossible scores range from 4 to 20, with higher scores indicating greater confidence in working with suicidal clients.

^cEstimated marginal means (EMM) and standard errors (SE) include covariates.

^dASIST, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training

^eQPR, Question, Persuade, and Refer