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Abstract

Background/Objectives: A favorable attitude towards suicidal behavior is associated with an increased risk of suicidal behavior in youth populations. Hence, the aim of the present study was to analyze attitudinal beliefs about suicidal behavior among Mexican medical and nursing students. We also compared attitudinal beliefs about suicidal behavior according to the religious affiliation of the participants. Methods: This is a cross-sectional observational study. Attitudinal beliefs about suicidal behavior were assessed using the Attitudinal Beliefs Questionnaire about Suicide Behavior (CCCS-18). We evaluated personal and family histories of suicide using the Spanish version of the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview. Comparative analysis between nursing and medical students was performed, using Chi-square tests for categorical variables and Student t-tests for continuous variables. Results: A total of 195 (52.2%) medical students and 178 (47.8%) nursing students participated. Medicine students reported a higher prevalence of a family history of suicide attempts and knowing someone who had tried to die by suicide compared to nursing students (p = 0.001). Regarding attitudinal beliefs—specifically, suicide in terminal patients—medical students reported higher scores than nursing students (9.50 ± 5.91 vs. 11.23 ± 6.38, p < 0.001), while the latter exhibited higher scores in attitudinal beliefs related to suicide itself (9.55 ± 4.45 vs. 7.28 ± 4.09, p < 0.001). Both groups display similar scores when compared by religious affiliation. Conclusions: Our findings show differences in attitudinal beliefs about suicidal behavior between medical and nursing students. Medical students exhibited more positive responses toward suicide in terminal patients, while nursing students had higher values for attitudinal beliefs related to suicide itself. These results could be considered in the planning of health sciences curricula in order to positively impact future suicide prevention efforts. This study was retrospectively registered at the Universidad Juarez Autónoma de Tabasco, with the registration number 20240063 on 8 June 2024.

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Title
Evaluation of Attitudinal Beliefs Held by Medical and Nursing Students Towards Suicidal Behavior
Author
González-Castro, Thelma Beatriz 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; López-Narváez, María Lilia 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Fresán, Ana 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Carlos Alfonso Tovilla-Zárate 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Genis-Mendoza, Alma Delia 4 ; Nicolini, Humberto 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Juan Pablo Sánchez de la Cruz 6 ; Hernández-Díaz, Yazmín 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 División Académica Multidisciplinaria de Jalpa de Méndez, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Jalpa de Méndez, Tabasco 86025, Mexico; [email protected] (T.B.G.-C.); [email protected] (Y.H.-D.) 
 División Académica Multidisciplinaria de Comalcalco, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Comalcalco, Tabasco 86025, Mexico; [email protected] 
 Subdirección de Investigaciones Clínicas, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Ciudad de México 14370, Mexico; [email protected] 
 Servicio de Atención Psiquiátrica, Hospital Psiquiátrico Infantil Dr. Juan n. Navarro, Ciudad de México 14080, Mexico 
 Laboratorio de Genómica de Enfermedades Psiquiátricas y Neurodegenerativas, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Ciudad de México 14610, Mexico; [email protected] 
 Salud Ocupacional e Higiene, Planta de Concretos Cancún 1, Holcim México Operaciones, Cancún 05348, Mexico; [email protected] 
First page
3575
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
2039439X
e-ISSN
20394403
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3149719385
Copyright
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.