Citation

Gholamrezaei A, Rezapour-Nasrabad R, Ghalenoei M, Nasiri M. Revista Latinoamericana de Hipertension 2019; 14(3): 351-355.

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(Copyright © 2019)

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Abstract

Suicide is a deliberate process of ending life and it is one of the ten leading causes of death in different countries around the world. Averagely, every forty seconds, one individual loses his life due to suicide in the world. Stigma, on the other hand, is a negative tag given by people to the groups and individuals who are different in terms of appearance, race, physical and mental health. Research has shown that Stigma is a barrier to care for those who attempt suicide. Since nurses play an important role in the care of patients with psychiatric disorders, their level of literacy and their attitude and behavior towards this group of patients have an impact on stigmatizing and non-stigmatizing behavior and the quality of nursing care. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the correlation between suicidal literacy and stigmatizing attitude towards suicidal patients in nurses working in selected hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 2018. In this descriptive-correlational study, the samples were selected randomly among nurses working in psychiatric, poison-ing, burn and emergency wards of selected hospitals. For data collection, besides questionnaire of demographic data collection, two questionnaires of suicide literacy and stigma questionnaires were used after determining the validity and reliability. Data analysis was performed using the latest version of SPSS software and descriptive and correlation statistics. The findings of the study showed that there is a positive correlation between the two variables of suicide literacy and stigma (p <0.05). It means that, with increasing literacy of nurses in the field of suicide, their attitude is also increased. In other words, increasing the literacy of nurses about suicide will improve their attitude in this regard. Regarding the fact that there is a significant relationship between suicidal literacy and stigma of nurses about the patients with suicide attempts, it can be hoped that increasing literacy of nurses will have a positive effect on their attitude and behavior with these patients and ultimately on the quality of care provided by them. © 2019 Revista Latinoamericana de Hipertension. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; Suicide; female; male; Stigma; suicide attempt; stigma; Attitude; nurse; major clinical study; questionnaire; health care quality; patient care; psychiatric department; information processing; demography; reliability; data analysis; correlation analysis; Article; validity; descriptive research; attitude to illness; Nurse; health literacy; Suicide suicidal knowledge