Construction and validation of an instrument to assess the risk of suicide in Emergency and Psychosocial Care services

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v14i2.48324

Keywords:

Comportamento Suicida; Serviços de Saúde; Software.

Abstract

This article aimed to build and validate a protocol to be inserted into software to assess suicide risk, being a methodological development study carried out in three stages. In the first stage, the content was validated, through 5 judges, who were experts who work in teaching and research in the area of mental health and suicidology. After validating the content (protocol), the second stage was carried out, which consisted of the construction of the software by IT professionals. In the third stage, the software was validated in terms of applicability and usability. The study invited 19 participants, 17 professionals who work in the health network (urgency/emergency and mental health) of a municipality located in the north of the Minas Gerais triangle and two experts in the Information Technology (IT) field, who evaluated the interface and usability criteria. To validate all stages, participants used the Likert scale. The instrument obtained 80% agreement from judges regarding content, appearance, and consistency for assessing the risk of suicide in Emergency and Psychosocial Care services.

References

Botega, N. J. (2014). Suicidal behavior: Epidemiology. Psicologia USP, 25(3), 231-236. https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-6564D20140004

Carter, G., & Spitall, M. J. (2018). Suicide risk assessment. Crisis, 38(4), 229-234. https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000558

Coluci, M. Z. O., Alexandre, N. M. C., & Milani, D. (2015). Construction of measurement instruments in the area of health. Revista Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 20(3), 925-936. https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232015203.04332013

Cucik, C. D. (2016) Desenvolvimento de um vídeo educativo para aprendizagem do autocateterismo vesical intermitente (Dissertação de Mestrado). Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

https://teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/22/22132/tde-06052016-165200/publico/CIBELEDIASC UCICK.pdf

Del-Ben, C. M., Sponholz-Junior, A., Oliveira, G. E. C., Guapo, V. G., Marques, J. M. A., Mantovani, C., & Faleiros, M. C. M. (2017). Psychiatric emergencies: psychomotor agitation management and suicide risk assessment. Medicina (Ribeirão Preto, Online), 50(1), 98-112. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v50isupl1.p98-112

Fehring, R. J. (1987). Methods to validate nursing diagnosis. Heart & Lung, 16(6),625-629. Retrieved from https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/213076462.pdf https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/131056/9789241564779_eng.pdf?sequence=1

Klann, V. W., & Sousa, E. P. M. D. (2024). BrSuicides: Conjunto de dados para análise de casos diários de suicídio no Brasil. Anais.

Maia, M. P., Lins, M. R. C., & Kohlsdor, F. M. (2022). Suicide risk measures in a general hospital: an integrative review. Espaço Para a Saúde, 23, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.22421/1517-7130/es.2022v23.e870

Moreira, L. C. O., & Bastos, P. R. H. O. (2015). Prevalence and risk factors associated with suicidal ideation in adolescents: literature review. Psicologia Escolar e Educacional, 19(3), 445-453. https://doi.org/10.1590/2175-3539/2015/0193857

Oliveira, F. S., Dutra, H. F., & Fófano, G. A. (2024). Panorama epidemiológico do suicídio no brasil: tentativas e óbitos. Revista Científica da Escola Estadual de Saúde Pública de Goiás" cândido santiago", 10, 1-7.

Pavulans, K. S., Bolmsjö, I., Edberg, A. K., & Ojehagen, (s.d.). A. Being in want of control: experiences of being on the road to, and making, a suicide attempt. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 7(16228),1-11. https://doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v7i0.16228

Pemau, A., Marin-Martin, C., Diaz-Marsa, M., de la Torre-Luque, A., Ayad-Ahmed, W., Gonzalez-Pinto, A., Garrido-Torres, N., Garrido-Sanchez, L., Roberto, N., Lopez-Peña, P., Mar-Barrutia, L., Grande, I., Guinovart, M., Hernandez-Calle, D., Jimenez-Treviño, L., Lopez-Sola, C., Mediavilla, R., Perez-Aranda, A., Ruiz-Veguilla, M., Seijo-Zazo, E. SURVIVE Consortium (2024). Fatores de risco para nova tentativa de suicídio: uma revisão sistemática e meta-análise. Medicina psicológica , 54 (9), 1897–1904. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724000904

Pereira, A. S. et al. (2018). Metodologia da pesquisa científica. [e-book gratuito]. EditoraUAB/NTE/UFSM.

Quental, I. A. (2008). Tentativas de suicídio: construindo dispositivos de prevenção, um desafio para o SUS. PrevSuicídio UFRGS. http://www.moreirajr.com.br/revistas.asp?fase =r003&id_materia=4144

Santos, A. C. F. S. (2017). Validation of the nursing diagnosis of ‘Labile emotional control’ on the victims of traumatic brain injury (Tese de Doutorado). Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, SE. https://ri.ufs.br/bitstream/riufs/6684/2/ANA_CARLA_FERREIRA_SILVA_SANTOS.pdf

Santos, N., & Neves, E. (2014). Adolescência e comportamentos suicidários. In C. Saraiva, B. Peixoto & D. Sampaio (Coord.), Suicídio e comportamentos autolesivos: Dos conceitos à prática clínica (pp. 225-240). Lisboa, Portugal: Lidel.

Souza, B. T., Carvalho I. M. L, Silva, M. G. M, Santos, R. C. P, Freitas, Y. C., Gomes, W. F. B., . . . Santos, C. V. (2022). Suicide risk assessment among students at the beginning, in the middle and at the end of the medicine course of a university in the city of Rio de Janeiro – Brazil. Revista de Medicina, 101(4),177013. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v101i4e-177013

Sun, F. K., & Long, A. (2013). A suicidal recovery theory to guide individuals on their healing and recovering process following a suicide attempt. Journal of advanced nursing, 69(9), 2030–2040. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12070

Teixeira, C. M. F. S. (2004). Tentativa e suicídio na adolescência. Revista UFG, 6(27). https://revistas.ufg.br/revistaufg/article/download/49466/24293

World Health Organization. (2014). Preventing suicide: A global imperative. Geneva.

World Health Organization. (2019). Suicide in the world: Global health estimates. Geneva.

https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/suicide-in-the-world.

Downloads

Published

27/02/2025

How to Cite

ALVES, A. C.; RIBEIRO, M. I. L. C.; ALMEIDA, D. K. E.; FERREIRA, H. N. M.; FERREIRA, K. V.; SOUSA, N. T. B. de; MOURA, F. B. C. P. P. Construction and validation of an instrument to assess the risk of suicide in Emergency and Psychosocial Care services. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 14, n. 2, p. e12714248324, 2025. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v14i2.48324. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/48324. Acesso em: 30 mar. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2

Section

Health Sciences

License

Copyright (c) 2025 Andréa Cristina Alves; Maria Inês Lemos Coelho Ribeiro; Derica Karoly Evarista Almeida; Hiran Nonato Macedo Ferreira; Karine Viana Ferreira; Nágella Thaysa Bier de Sousa; Francine Bom Conselho Peixoto Pereira Moura

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1) Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

2) Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

3) Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.