Background Competence and attitudes toward suicidal behaviour affect practice. These attitudes may influence the consideration of suicide during personal crisis among doctors and nurses. Aim The attitudes of doctors and nurses towards suicidal behaviour was assessed using the Attitudes Toward Suicide Scale (ATTS), which was validated in another study by the authors, evaluated for the possible factors affecting this relationship and estimated the frequency of suicide attempts among doctors and nurses. Setting Lagos State University Teaching Hospital Lagos, Nigeria. Methods The cross-sectional survey about attitudes toward suicide was done among 226 doctors and nurses working at a tertiary institute hospital in Lagos, Nigeria, using the ATTS. Sociodemographic profile and self-rated competence, commitment, empathy and irritation toward suicide were obtained. Stratified random sampling was used, data were analysed using Statistical Package for Sociological Sciences. Data was summarised, reliability of the ATTS was assured and variables compared by t-test and ANOVA. Independent predictors were identified via multiple regression (p ≤ 0.05). Results Frequency of suicide attempts of 7.50% was found among respondents with a mean age of 35.84 ± 6.76 years. Attitudes toward suicidal behaviour were slightly positive (77.92 ± 9.90) and the independent predictors of less positive attitudes were nursing profession (β = 0.025, p < 0.001) and high self-rated irritation toward suicide (β = 0.18, p < 0.01). Conclusion The frequency of suicide attempts is higher among doctors and nurses when compared to the general population. Doctors and nurses reported slightly positive attitudes toward suicidal behaviour with significant differences in the type of profession and levels of self-rated irritation toward suicide.

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尼日利亚拉各斯医生和护士的自杀企图频率和对自杀行为的态度。

背景 对自杀行为的能力和态度会影响实践。这些态度可能会影响医生和护士在个人危机中对自杀的考虑。目的 使用自杀态度量表 (ATTS) 评估医生和护士对自杀行为的态度，该量表在作者的另一项研究中得到验证，评估了影响这种关系的可能因素，并估计了医生和护士的自杀企图频率。护士。设置拉各斯州立大学教学医院拉各斯，尼日利亚。方法 使用 ATTS 对在尼日利亚拉各斯一家三级医院工作的 226 名医生和护士进行关于自杀态度的横断面调查。社会人口学概况和自评能力、承诺、获得了对自杀的同情和愤怒。使用分层随机抽样，使用社会科学统计软件包分析数据。总结了数据，保证了 ATTS 的可靠性，并通过 t 检验和 ANOVA 比较了变量。通过多元回归确定独立预测因子（p ≤ 0.05）。结果 在平均年龄为 35.84 ± 6.76 岁的受访者中发现自杀未遂频率为 7.50%。对自杀行为的态度略为积极（77.92 ± 9.90），消极态度的独立预测因子是护理专业（β = 0.025，p < 0.001）和对自杀的高自评激怒（β = 0.18，p < 0.01）。结论 与一般人群相比，医生和护士的自杀未遂频率更高。