TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Attitudes of health professionals towards suicidal behavior: an intervention study
JO  - Revista de saude publica
A1  - Faria, Jesiele Spindler
A1  - Marcon, Samira Reschetti
A1  - Nespollo, Alice Milani
A1  - Santos, Hugo Gedeon Barros Dos
A1  - Espinosa, Mariano Martinez
A1  - Oliveira, Kleici Kleslly Brito de
A1  - Lima, Josemara Gomes da Silva
SP  - e54
EP  - e54
VL  - 56
IS  - 
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of an educational intervention on the attitudes of primary healthcare providers regarding patients with suicidal behavior. <br><br>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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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.<p />  <p>Language: pt</p>
LA  - pt
SN  - 0034-8910
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2022056003320
ID  - ref1
ER  -