Table 6.
View on suicide issues and treatment
| Stavropol | Oslo | Stavropol Oslo | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total N = 119 (n = 112) | Total N = 229 (n = 173) | Total N = 348 (n = 285) | ||||||
| Mean (95 % CI) | Mean (95 % CI) | Mean | ||||||
| Physicians and Nurses | Psychologists | p | Physicians and Nurses | Psychologists | p | p | ||
| Causes of suicide | ||||||||
| Psychiatric disorder | 3.4 (3.1–3.6) | 3.3 (3.1–3.4) | ns | 3.4 (3.3–3.7) | 3.3 (3.2–3.4) | ns | 3.3–3.4 | ns |
| Inner turmoil and stress | 2.5 (2.1–2.9) | 3.1 (2.8–3.3) | 0.012 | 2.6 (2.4–2.8) | 3.0 (2.8–3.2) | 0.003 | 2.9–2.8 | ns |
| Problems in the family | 2.4 (2.1–2.7) | 3.0 (2.8–3.2) | 0.001 | 2.7 (2.5–2.9) | 2.8 (2.7–3.0) | ns | 2.8–2.7 | ns |
| Use of alcohol | 2.4 (1.9–2.8) | 2.2 (2.0–2.4) | ns | 2.8 (2.7–3.0) | 2.8 (2.6–2.9) | ns | 2.2 –2.8 | <0.001 |
| Biological changes in the brain | 2.1 (1.7–2.5) | 1.6 (1.3–1.8) | 0.021 | 1.9 (1.7–2.1) | 1.8 (1.6–2.0) | ns | 1.9–1.8 | ns |
| Importance of treatment | ||||||||
| Psychotherapy | 3.5 (3.3 –3.8) | 3.7 (3.6–3.8) | ns | 3.1 (3.0–3.3) | 3.6 (3.4–3.7) | <0.001 | 3.6 –3.4 | 0.001 |
| Sleep and rest | 2.3 (1.9–2.6) | 2.1 (1.9–2.3) | ns | 3.0 (2.8–3.2) | 2.9 (2.7–3.0) | ns | 2.2–2.9 | <0.001 |
| Psychiatric in-patient treatment | 3.0 (2.6–3.3) | 2.1 (1.9–2.3) | <0.001 | 2.8 (2.6–3.0) | 2.7 (2.5–2.8) | ns | 2.3–2.7 | <0.001 |
| Use of medication | 3.1 (2.8–3.5) | 1.9 (1.7–2.1) | <0.001 | 2.7 (2.5–2.9) | 2.5 (2.3–2.6) | 0.050 | 2.3–2.6 | 0.002 |
| Family therapy | 3.1 (2.8–3.3) | 3.3 (3.1–3.4) | ns | 2.6 (2.5–2.8) | 2.6 (2.4–2.8) | n | 3.2–2.6 | <0.001 |
| Talk with priest/imam or others in the church | 2.7 (2.4–3.0) | 2.4 (2.2–2.6) | ns | 2.2 (2.0–2.4) | 2.0 (1.8–2.2) | ns | 2.5–2.1 | <0.001 |
| Electroconvulsive therapy | 0.7 (0.4–0.9) | 0.2 (0.1–0.2) | <0.001 | 1.4 (1.2–1–6) | 1.4 (1.2–1.6) | ns | 0.3–1.4 | <0.001 |
| Satisfaction with treatment | ||||||||
| Long enough/adequate follow-up | 2.9 (2.6–3.2) | 2.3 (2.1–2.5) | 0.003 | 2.4 (2.2–2.7) | 2.0 (1.8–2.2) | 0.003 | 2.5–2.1 | <0.001 |
| Opportunity for hospitalisation, if needed | 3.0 (2.5–3.4) | 2.4 (2.1–2.6) | 0.006 | 2.8 (2.6–3.0) | 2.4 (2.2–2.5) | 0.002 | 2.6–2.4 | ns |
| Follow–up as good as that provided to patients with heart disease | 3.1 (2.7–3.5) | 2.3 (2.0–2.6) | 0.001 | 2.2 (1.9–2.4) | 1.7 (1.5–1.9) | 0.013 | 2.5–1.7 | <0.001 |
| The suicide of a patient is a professional failure | 2.1 (1.8–2.5) | 1.7 (1.5–2.0) | ns | 1.4 (1.2–1.7) | 1.4 (1.2–1.5) | ns | 1.9–1.4 | <0.001 |
0 = Not at all agree, 1 = In limited degree agree, 2 = In moderate degree agree, 3 = In high degree agree, 4 = In high degree agree
CI = Confidence Interval, Ns = Non significant