Table 2.

Attitudes towards suicide according to the Understanding Suicidal Patients (USP) scale

	Stavropol	Oslo	P
	n = 119	n = 229
	Mean (95 % CI)	Mean (95 % CI)
Scale (11 = positive to 55 = negative)	21.8 (20.9–22.6)	18.7 (18.1–19.2)	<0.001
Men	22.6 (20.5–24.7)	18.7 (17.9–19.5)	<0.001
Women	21.7 (20.7–21.6)	18.6 (17.9–19.3)	<0.001
Psychologists	22.7 (21.7–23.7)	18.4 (17.6–19.2)	<0.001
Physicians	20.5 (17.1–23.9)	18.9 (17.3–20.4)	0.261
Nurses	19.5 (17.6–21.4)	18.0 (16.7–19.3)	0.160
USP items
1. Patients who have attempted suicide are usually treated well at my workplace	1.7 (1.6–1.8)	1.4 (1.3–1.7)	<0.001
3. I am usually sympathetic and understanding toward a patient that has attempted suicide	1.9 (1.7–2.1)	1.5 (1.4–1.6)	<0.001
4. I do my best for a patient who has attempted suicide, to make them feel safe and cared	1.6 (1.5–1.8)	1.3 (1.2–1.4)	<0.001
5. It is usually difficult to meet a patient who has tried to take his/her life	2.3 (2.1–2.6)	3.0 (2.8–3.2)	<0.001
6. I do my best to speak with a patient who has attempted suicide about his/her personal problems	1.7 (1.5–1.8)	1.3 (1.2–1.4)	<0.001
9. Because patients who have attempted suicide have emotional problems, they need the best possible treatment	1.5 (1.4–1.7)	1.3 (1.2–1.4)	0.006

Scale:

1 = Totally agree, 2 = Partly agree, 3 = Nor agree or disagree, 4 = Partly disagree, 5 = Totally disagree