Citation

Siau CS, Wee LH, Ibrahim N, Visvalingam U, Wahab S. Inquiry (Rochester, NY) 2017; 54: 46958017707295.

Affiliation

1 The National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Inquiry Journal and Excellus Health Plan)

DOI

10.1177/0046958017707295

PMID

28486042

Abstract

Understanding attitudes toward suicide, especially among healthcare personnel, is an important step in both suicide prevention and treatment. We document the adaptation process and establish the validity and reliability of the Attitudes Toward Suicide (ATTS) questionnaire among 262 healthcare personnel in 2 major public hospitals in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. The findings indicate that healthcare personnel in Malaysia have unique constructs on suicide attitude, compared with the original study on a Western European sample. The adapted Malay ATTS questionnaire demonstrates adequate reliability and validity for use among healthcare personnel in Malaysia.

Language: en

Keywords

Malaysia; attitude; health care; suicide; validation