Table 3.

Attitudes Towards Suicide Scale (ATTS): factors and single items

	Stavropol n = 112 Mean (95 % CI)			Oslo n = 173 Mean (95 % CI)			Stavropol Oslo n = 285
	Physicians and Nurses	Psychologists	p	Physicians and nurses	Psychologists	p		P
Factor 1: Avoidance of communication	3.4 (3.2–3.6)	3.0 (2.8–3.1)	<0.001	2.3 (2.2–2.4)	2.2 (2.2–2.3)	ns	3.1–2.3	<0.001
Factor 2: Suicide is acceptable	2.8 (2.5–3.1)	2.9 (2.8–3.1)	ns	2.3 (2.2–2.5)	2.8 (2.7–3.0)	<0.001	2.9–2.6	0.002
Factor 3: Suicide is common and understandable	2.7 (2.3–3.0)	2.9 (2.8–3.1)	ns	2.5 (2.4–2.7)	2.8 (2.7–2.9)	0.002	2.9–2.7	0.012
Factor 4: Suicide can be prevented	4.3 (4.1–4.5)	4.1 (4.0–4.2)	ns	4.6 (4.5–4.7)	4.5 (4.4–4.6)	ns	4.2–4.5	<0.001
ATTS single items
2. Suicide can never be justified	4.0 (3.7–4.4)	3.4 (3.3–3.7)	0.008	3.2 (2.9–3.4)	2.9 (2.7–3.1)	0.024	3.7–3.0	<0.001
3. Suicide is the worst thing to do	3.9 (3.5–4.2)	3.2 (2.9–3.4)	0.003	3.4 (3.1–3.6)	2.9 (2.7–3.1)	0.006	3.4–3.1	0.018
9. Suicide prevention is a duty	4.7 (4.5–4.9)	4.3 (4.1–4.5)	0.017	4.8 (4.6–4.9)	4.5 (4.4–4.6)	0.007	4.4–4.6	0.032
13. Suicide should not be talked about	3.0 (2.5–3.5)	2.4 (2.2–2.6)	0.004	1.6 (1.5–1.8)	1.4 (1.3–1.5)	0.039	2.6–1.5	<0.001
27. I do not understand why people take their life	3.3 (2.9–3.7)	2.5 (2.3–2.7)	<0.001	2.1 (2.0–2.4)	1.8 (1.6–1.9)	0.001	2.8–1.9	<0.001
35. Most suicide is trigged by conflicts	3.1 (2.8–3.1)	3.5 (3.4–3.7)	0.005	2.7 (2.5–2.9)	3.0 (2.9–3.2)	0.003	3.4–2.9	<0.001

Scale:

Do not vote at all = 1, Do not vote = 2, In doubt, depends on = 3, Votes largely = 4, Votes entirely = 5

CI = Confidence Interval

Ns = Non significant