Factors Affecting Satisfaction and Necessity of Suicide Prevention Program

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to supplement the overall system of the projects and to seek
improvement plans by analyzing factors affecting the satisfaction and necessity of the suicide prevention
project operated in district C of Korea.
Method: The subjects recruited 15 cities and counties suicide prevention projects operators in district C, and
a total of 113 people’s data were collected and 112 data were analyzed excluding one data with insufficient
responses. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, multiple regression analysis, and a principal
components analysis by a varimax rotation.
Results: Satisfaction with suicide prevention projects was higher when goal achievement was higher (?=.355,
p<.001),better project operation (?=.311, p<.001), and better partnership (?=.306,p<.001), and these three
factors are explaining 77% of satisfaction. The necessity of suicide prevention project was higher when
the goal achievement was higher (?=.518,p<.001), and when the partnership was better (?=.514,p<.001),
the administrative support was less (?=-.145,p=.042), and these three factors are explaining 74% of the
necessity.
Conclusion: Through this study, it was found that set realistic project goals and systematic project operation
and communication and cooperation among members of the region to achieve it was important to enhance
the satisfaction of suicide prevention projects.