Attitudes of nursing students toward to the suicidal behavior

a cross-sectional study with 111 nursing students from a Brazilian educational institution. The data were collected in 2017, by self-administration of a questionnaire with sociodemographic characteristics, and the Suicide Behavior Attitude Questionnaire, which were analyzed by descriptive statistics, comparison of means, and correlation tests.

Results:

most of the nursing students had contact with someone with suicidal behavior, but did not have education related to the subject. The most negative attitudes were associated with the female sex, lack of materials on suicide prevention, and lower self-perception of professional competence. Suicidal thoughts throughout life were associated with the contact with someone with suicidal behavior, and less moralistic/condemnatory attitudes.

Conclusion:

investigations and interventions are necessary for academic qualification and prevention of suicidal behavior.

Descriptors:
Attitude; Suicide; Suicide, Attempted; Students, Nursing; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate

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[1] Corresponding Author:
Kelly Graziani Giacchero Vedana E-mail: kellygiacchero@yahoo.com.br

Variable	N	%
Sex
Female	96	86.5
Male	15	13.5
Attended mental health classes
Yes	102	91.9
No	6	5.4
missing	3	2.7
Attended suicide prevention classes
Yes	38	34.2
No	73	65.8
Participated in suicide prevention events
Yes	31	27,9
No	80	72,1
Reading material on suicide prevention
Yes	25	22.5
No	86	77.5
Previous contact with someone at risk of suicide
Yes	73	65.8
No	38	34.2

Variable	Mean	Standard deviation	Median	Minimum	Maximum
Age	22.6	2.4	22.1	20.1	39.4
1-Negative feeling (0 - 30)	9.3	5.7	9.6	0.0	24.9
2- Self-perception of professional competence (0 - 30)	12.5	6.0	11.6	0.7	30.0
3- Right to suicide (0 - 30)	16.7	6.7	16.7	0.1	30.0
Suicidal thoughts (0 - 10)	2.4	3.3	0.2	0.0	10.0

Variable	N	%
Mental distress	42	37.8
Despair/hopelessness	26	23.4
Dead/end	20	18.0
Escape/exit/freedom	10	9.0
Judgment (courage, cowardice, irresponsibility)	3	2.7
Other	10	9.0

Variables	1- Negative feelings		2- Self-perception of professional competence		3- Right to suicide		Suicidal thoughts
Variables	M ^† (SE ^‡ )	p ^§	M ^† (SE ^‡ )	p ^§	M ^† (SE ^‡ )	p ^§	M ^† (SE ^‡ )	p ^§
Sex
Female	10.0(5.6)	.001	11.6(5.5)	.400	16.2(6.7)	.998	2.4 (3.3)	1.00
Male	4.8(4.4)	.001	17.9(6.4)	.400	19.8(6.5)	.998	2.4 (3.4)	1.00
Classes
Yes	9.9(5.2)	.366	13.3(5.0)	.137	15.3(6.2)	.626	2.4 (3.6)	.640
No	9.0(6.0)	.366	12.0(6.4)	.137	17.5(6.9)	.626	2.4 (3.2)	.640
Events
Yes	9.9 (5.8)	.460	12.7(6.4)	.489	17.6(6.3)	.564	2.6 (3.5)	.535
No	9.1(5.7)	.460	12.4(5.9)	.489	16.4(6.9)	.564	2.3 (3.3)	.535
Contact
Yes	9.6(5.6)	.372	12.8(5.8)	.701	16.6(6.6)	.890	3.1 (3.6)	<.001
No	8.8(5.9)	.372	11.9(6.3)	.701	16.9(7.1)	.890	1.0 (2.2)	<.001
Reading
Yes	7.1(5.3)	.033	14.1(6.5)	.504	19.4(6.2)	.693	2.8 (3.9)	.786
No	9.9(5.7)	.033	12.0(5.8)	.504	15.9(6.7)	.693	2.2 (3.2)	.786

Variables	1- Negative feelings	2- Self-perception of professional competence	3- Right to suicide	Suicidal thoughts
Variables	r ^† (p value)	r ^† (p value)	r ^† (p value)	r ^† (p value)
1-Negative feelings	1
2- Self-perception of professional competence	-0.326 (<.001)	1
3- Right to suicide	-0.133 (.165)	-0.155 (.105)	1
Suicidal thoughts	0.069 (.473)	-0.028 (.771)	0.196 (.040)	1
Age	-0.105 (.287)	0.087 (.376)	0.064 (.517)	0.119 (.229)

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Attitudes of nursing students toward to the suicidal behavior* * Supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brazil, grant #400871/2016-5.

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Attitudes of nursing students toward to the suicidal behavior^* * Supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brazil, grant #400871/2016-5.