Attitudes of health professionals towards suicidal behavior: an intervention study
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of an educational intervention on the attitudes of primary healthcare providers regarding patients with suicidal behavior. METHODS Clinical trial randomized by clusters, with a sample of 261 healthcare professionals, from 22 health units selected by stra...
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| author | Jesiele Spindler Faria Samira Reschetti Marcon Alice Milani Nespollo Hugo Gedeon Barros dos Santos Mariano Martínez Espinosa Kleici Kleslly Brito de Oliveira Josemara Gomes da Silva Lima |
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| description | ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of an educational intervention on the attitudes of primary healthcare providers regarding patients with suicidal behavior. METHODS Clinical trial randomized by clusters, with a sample of 261 healthcare professionals, from 22 health units selected by stratified sampling, were chosen and randomly allocated, by drawing, into two groups: intervention (n = 87) and control (n = 174). The participants of the intervention group were exposed to a 20-hour training on suicidal behavior. All 261 participants were evaluated before and after the intervention; the groups were compared to evaluate their attitude towards suicidal behavior using the Suicide Behavior Attitude Questionnaire (SBAQ), an evaluation made by comparison of the means via t-Student test, for independent samples, and paired t-test, for dependent samples. RESULTS The intervention group, in comparison to their evaluation before and after training, as well as in the comparison with the evaluation of the control group, showed statistically significant differences in attitudes towards suicidal behavior, according to the differences presented in the scores for the domains: “perception of professional capacity,” in all four items; “negative feeling,” in six of the seven items; and in the “right to commit suicide” domain, in three of the five items. CONCLUSION The brief training developed in primary health care was effective to improve the attitudes of the participants who were part of the intervention group regarding patients with suicidal behavior. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f77f9e172f6e479886a30bf69b02830a2022-12-22T02:28:42ZengUniversidade de São PauloRevista de Saúde Pública1518-87872022-06-015610.11606/s1518-8787.2022056003320Attitudes of health professionals towards suicidal behavior: an intervention studyJesiele Spindler Fariahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0078-1743Samira Reschetti Marconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5191-3331Alice Milani Nespollohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1307-0350Hugo Gedeon Barros dos Santoshttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7713-1314Mariano Martínez Espinosahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0461-5673Kleici Kleslly Brito de Oliveirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0146-3720Josemara Gomes da Silva Limahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7815-8252ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of an educational intervention on the attitudes of primary healthcare providers regarding patients with suicidal behavior. METHODS Clinical trial randomized by clusters, with a sample of 261 healthcare professionals, from 22 health units selected by stratified sampling, were chosen and randomly allocated, by drawing, into two groups: intervention (n = 87) and control (n = 174). The participants of the intervention group were exposed to a 20-hour training on suicidal behavior. All 261 participants were evaluated before and after the intervention; the groups were compared to evaluate their attitude towards suicidal behavior using the Suicide Behavior Attitude Questionnaire (SBAQ), an evaluation made by comparison of the means via t-Student test, for independent samples, and paired t-test, for dependent samples. RESULTS The intervention group, in comparison to their evaluation before and after training, as well as in the comparison with the evaluation of the control group, showed statistically significant differences in attitudes towards suicidal behavior, according to the differences presented in the scores for the domains: “perception of professional capacity,” in all four items; “negative feeling,” in six of the seven items; and in the “right to commit suicide” domain, in three of the five items. CONCLUSION The brief training developed in primary health care was effective to improve the attitudes of the participants who were part of the intervention group regarding patients with suicidal behavior.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102022000100245&lng=en&tlng=enAttitude of Health PersonnelHealth Human Resource TrainingSuicidal IdeationPrimary Health CareRandomized Controlled Trial |
| spellingShingle | Jesiele Spindler Faria Samira Reschetti Marcon Alice Milani Nespollo Hugo Gedeon Barros dos Santos Mariano Martínez Espinosa Kleici Kleslly Brito de Oliveira Josemara Gomes da Silva Lima Attitudes of health professionals towards suicidal behavior: an intervention study Revista de Saúde Pública Attitude of Health Personnel Health Human Resource Training Suicidal Ideation Primary Health Care Randomized Controlled Trial |
| title | Attitudes of health professionals towards suicidal behavior: an intervention study |
| title_full | Attitudes of health professionals towards suicidal behavior: an intervention study |
| title_fullStr | Attitudes of health professionals towards suicidal behavior: an intervention study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attitudes of health professionals towards suicidal behavior: an intervention study |
| title_short | Attitudes of health professionals towards suicidal behavior: an intervention study |
| title_sort | attitudes of health professionals towards suicidal behavior an intervention study |
| topic | Attitude of Health Personnel Health Human Resource Training Suicidal Ideation Primary Health Care Randomized Controlled Trial |
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