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March 1, 2021
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Suicide care from the nursing perspective: A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies

Publicated to:Journal Of Advanced Nursing. 77 (7): 2995-3007 - 2021-07-01 77(7), DOI: 10.1111/jan.14789

Authors: Clua-Garcia, Rafael; Casanova-Garrigos, Georgina; Moreno-Poyato, Antonio R.;

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‎ IMIM Hosp Mar Med Res Inst, Barcelona, Spain - Author
‎ Univ Barcelona, Nursing Sch, Dept Publ Hlth Mental Hlth & Maternal & Child Hlt, Barcelona, Spain - Author
‎ Univ Rovira & Virgili, Sch Nursing, Tarragona, Catalunya, Spain - Author
‎ Univ Vic, Cent Univ Catalonia, Fac Hlth Sci Manresa, Barcelona, Spain - Author

Abstract

Aims To explore nurses' experiences of suicide care and to identify and synthesize the most suitable interventions for the care of people with suicidal behaviour from a nursing perspective. Design Qualitative meta-synthesis. Data sources Comprehensive search of five electronic databases for qualitative studies published between January 2015 and June 2019. Review methods The PRISMA statement was used for reporting the different phases of the literature search and the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) qualitative research checklist was used as an appraisal framework. Data synthesis was conducted using Sandelowski and Barroso's method. Results Seventeen articles met the inclusion criteria. The data analysis revealed 13 subcategories from which four main categories emerged: 'Understanding suicidal behaviour as a consequence of suffering', 'Nurses' personal distress in suicide care', 'The presence of the nurse as the axis of suicide care' and, 'Improving nurses' relational competences for a better therapeutic environment'. Conclusion Further training of nurses on the therapeutic relationship, particularly in non-mental health care work settings, and monitoring of the emotional impact on nurses in relation to suicide is required to promote more effective prevention and care. Impact This review provides new insights on how suicide is interpreted, the associated emotions, the way suicide is approached and proposals for improving clinical practice from the point of view of nurses. The results demonstrate that the nurse-patient relationship, ongoing assessment, and the promotion of a sense of security and hope are critical in nursing care for patients who exhibit suicidal behaviour. Consequently, to promote an effective nursing care of suicide, nurses should be provided with further training on the therapeutic relationship. Thus, health institutions do not only provide the time and space to conduct an adequate therapeutic relationship, but also, through their managers, they should supervise and address the emotional impact that is generated in nurses caring for patients who exhibit suicidal behaviour.

Keywords

Attempted suicideHopeHumanHumansMental healthNurse patient relationshipNurse&#8211Nurse-patient relationsNurse–patient relationshipsNursing carePatient relationshipsPsychiatric nursingQualitative researchSuicide

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal Of Advanced Nursing due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position 21/125, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Nursing.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.08, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 11.97 (source consulted: Dimensions Aug 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-08-13, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 7
  • Scopus: 7

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-13:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 140.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 140 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 4.95.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 7 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Casanova Garrigos, Georgina.