Nurses randomly assigned by applying a random selection method

Nurses randomly assigned by applying a random selection method

This program was for nurses who work at the Mental Health Welfare Center and consisted of a workbook, self-learning online education, and workshop. It included a spoken audio track that was accompanied by visual prompts to provide knowledge on traumatic stress and introduce trauma recovery methods. Its online format made it convenient and widely accessible, and allowed for a low-intensity, cost-effective educational program. The program focused on providing self-learning guidelines for nurses to develop their capacity for PTSD intervention.

Attitudes and knowledge about PTSD; K-PTSD was used for attitudes and knowledge about PTSD.

The attitude towards PTSD consists of 8 items, 5 items on attitude toward government policy and 3 items on attitude towards PTSD patients, and is evaluated on a 4-point scale.

The general knowledge about PTSD consists of 8 questions, and the answer is very much (1 point), somewhat like it (2 points), not at all (3 points), and not at all (4 points). The range is 0 to 8 points. The knowledge about treatment consists of three questions, and it is a multiple choice type, and only one answer is correct, so the percentage of correct answers can be obtained.

Pro QOL: To measure the quality of life of experts, the Korean version of the Quality of Life Scale (K-ProQOL 5), which was validated by mental health experts, was used. It consists of a total of 30 questions and is evaluated on a 5-point scale. Sub-domains are divided into empathic satisfaction, exhaustion, and indirect trauma stress. A higher score means a higher level of each domain. Classification according to the cut-off point is divided into high, average, and low, and in the case of empathy satisfaction, 30 points or less means low, 31-37 points mean average, and 38 points or more means high. In the case of burnout, 20 points or less means low, 21-27 points mean average, and 28 points or more means good. Indirect trauma stress 18 or less, 19-25 points average, 26 or more means good .

Self efficacy: In order to measure the self-efficacy related to trauma intervention, the items developed for measuring confidence and perception related to trauma work were translated into Korean. It consists of a total of 12 items, and the perception of trauma-related task performance, work confidence, knowledge and skills is divided into five items on a 10-point scale (0: not at all, 10: very high). was evaluated.