Citation

Botega NJ, Silva SV, Reginato DG, Rapeli CB, Cais CF, Mauro ML, Stefanello S, Cecconi JP. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2007; 37(2): 145-153.

Affiliation

Department of Medical Psychology and Psychiatry of the Medical Sciences School at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1521/suli.2007.37.2.145

PMID

17521268

Abstract

Nursing personnel (N = 317) working at a general hospital attended a 6-hour training program on suicide prevention. They answered anonymously pre- and post-training the Suicide Behavior Attitude Questionnaire (SBAQ), which comprises 21 visual analogue scale items divided in three factorial subscales. The results indicated there were positive changes in the attitudes and these gains were significantly maintained at the 6-month follow-up evaluation. Improvement was in the Feelings and Professional Capacity subscales (ANOVA; p = 0.0001 and 0.01, respectively). There was no change on the Right to Suicide subscale. Because attitudes influence the effectiveness of health care personnel interventions, our findings may have important implications for the development of suicide prevention programs.

Language: en