Attitudes towards suicidal behaviour in outpatient clinics among mental health professionals in Oslo

BMC Psychiatry

Table 3 Factors according to CAP and DPC (ATTS)

	CAPn = 107Mean (95% CI)	DPCn = 122Mean (95% CI)	Totaln = 229Mean (95% CI)
Factor 1: Suicide is acceptable	2.6 (2.5–2.7)	2.4 (2.3–2.5)	2.5 (2.4–2.6)
Physicians	2.3 (2.1–2.6)	2.2 (2.0–2.5)	2.3 (2.1–2.4)
Nurses	*	2.2 (2.0–2.4)	2.2 (2.0–2.4)
Psychologists	2.7 (2.5–2.8)	2.7 (2.5–2.8)	2.7 (2.6–2.8)
Social workers	2.8 (2.4–3.1)	2.7 (2.5–2.9)	2.7 (2.4–2.9)
Other	2.4 (2.2–2.6)	2.2 (1.6–2.7)**	2.3 (2.2–2.3)
Between professions	p = 0.035	p < 0.001	p < 0.001
Christians	2.6 (2.5–2.8)	2.3 (2.2–2.4)	2.5 (2.4–2.6)
No religion	2.7 (2.5–2.9)	2.9 (2.7–3.0)	2.8 (2.7–2.9)
Between religion	p = 0.589	p < 0.001	p < 0.001
Factor 2: Suicide should not be talked about and cannot be prevented	2.3 (2.2–2.3)	2.2 (2.1–2.3)	2.2 (2.2–2.3)
Physicians	2.2 (2.0–2.4)	2.2 (2.0–2.5)	2.2 (2.1–2.3)
Nurses	*	2.2 (2.1–2.4)	2.2 (2.1–2.4)
Psychologists	2.2 (2.1–2.3)	2.2 (2.1–2.3)	2.2 (2.1–2.2)
Social workers	2.4 (2.1–2.6)	2.3 (2.0–2.5)	2.3 (2.3–2.5)
Other	2.5 (2.2–2.7)	2.4 (1.9–2.9)**	2.4 (2.2–2.6)
Between professions	p = 0.026	p = 0.976	p = 0.025
Christians	2.3 (2.2–2.4)	2.2 (2.2–2.4)	2.2 (2.2–2.4)
No religion	2.3 (2.2–2.6)	2.3 (2.2–2.5)	2.3 (2.3–2.5)
Between religions	p = 0.497	p = 0.317	p = 0.238

Scale: 1, “completely disagree” to 5, “completely agree”. * No nurses are employed in CAP. ** Too few to consider. CAP: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. DPC: District Psychiatric Centres.

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