Table 2 Relationship of sociodemographic variables and the seven attitudes about suicide assessed by the subscales of the Scale of Public Attitudes about Suicide (SPAS) among 179 psychiatrists from Shanghai
From: Cross-sectional study of attitudes about suicide among psychiatrists in Shanghai
Variable | n | Subscale 1a | Subscale 2a | Subscale 3a | Subscale 4a | Subscale 5a | Subscale 6a | Subscale 7a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | ||||||||
r | 179 | −0.08 | −0.12 | 0.11 | −0.00 | −0.00 | 0.04 | −0.32 |
p | 0.271 | 0.108 | 0.142 | 0.978 | 0.986 | 0.556 | <0.001 | |
Years working as a psychiatrist | ||||||||
r | 179 | −0.03 | −0.11 | 0.06 | 0.01 | −0.02 | 0.06 | −0.28 |
p | 0.692 | 0.144 | 0.467 | 0.925 | 0.785 | 0.509 | <0.001 | |
Years of education | ||||||||
r | 179 | 0.03 | 0.06 | −0.20 | 0.18 | 0.11 | −0.02 | 0.08 |
p | 0.716 | 0.452 | 0.007 | 0.017 | 0.134 | 0.803 | 0.282 | |
mean (sd) | mean (sd) | mean (sd) | mean (sd) | mean (sd) | mean (sd) | mean (sd) | ||
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 79 | 66.2 (15.8) | 61.2 (15.9) | 44.1 (15.8) | 46.1 (17.7) | 45.4 (14.9) | 71.5 (15.4) | 53.9 (21.4) |
Female | 100 | 71.5 (14.7) | 65.6 (16.1) | 46.3 (13.5) | 36.9 (15.1) | 40.8 (16.3) | 70.6 (16.6) | 59.4 (21.4) |
t-test | −2.29 | −1.83 | −1.01 | 3.73 | 1.94 | 0.38 | 1.72 | |
p | 0.023 | 0.069 | 0.313 | <0.001 | 0.054 | 0.705 | 0.088 | |
Professional status | ||||||||
Resident psychiatrist | 69 | 69.6 (16.3) | 64.5 (16.9) | 43.7 (12.3) | 42.4 (14.6) | 44.0 (16.4) | 70.2 (14.0) | 63.1 (19.0) |
Attending psychiatrist | 82 | 69.3 (15.2) | 63.0 (15.9) | 47.6 (16.2) | 39.3 (18.2) | 41.8 (15.3) | 70.8 (17.8) | 54.1 (21.9) |
Chief psychiatrist | 28 | 67.9 (14.0) | 63.6 (14.9) | 42.5 (14.0) | 42.3 (18.0) | 43.3 (15.9) | 73.4 (15.8) | 50.4 (23.0) |
F-test | 0.13 | 0.16 | 2.03 | 0.75 | 0.37 | 0.40 | 5.08 | |
p | 0.881 | 0.850 | 0.134 | 0.476 | 0.690 | 0.675 | 0.007 b | |
Type of degree | ||||||||
Technical college | 29 | 68.1 (15.0) | 61.7 (14.8) | 50.6 (16.2) | 37.4 (16.0) | 42.8 (16.6 ) | 74.5 (14.4) | 50.3 (23.9) |
Bachelor’s degree | 122 | 69.6 (15.8) | 63.9 (16.6) | 44.8 (14.3) | 40.5 (17.2) | 41.4 (15.2 ) | 70.2 (16.6) | 58.2 (21.5) |
Master’s degree | 28 | 68.4.(14.5) | 64.6 (15.3) | 42.2 (12.7) | 46.7 (15.4) | 49.4 (16.4) | 71.1 (15.3) | 58.9 (18.3) |
F-test | 0.15 | 0.27 | 2.68 | 2.33 | 3.02 | 0.85 | 1.69 | |
p | 0.863 | 0.762 | 0.071 | 0.101 | 0.052 | 0.430 | 0.187 | |
Type of hospital | ||||||||
District hospital or inpatient rehabilitation center | 76 | 68.7 (16.1) | 62.6 (15.1) | 48.8 (15.3) | 38.5 (16.4) | 40.7 (16.5) | 75.1 (15.0) | 55.7 (23.0) |
Tertiary psychiatric center | 103 | 69.5 (14.9) | 64.5 (16.8) | 42.8 (13.5) | 42.8 (17.0) | 44.4 (15.1) | 68.0 (16.2) | 58.0 (20.4) |
t-test | −0.36 | −0.78 | 2.79 | −1.70 | −1.55 | 3.02 | −0.69 | |
p | 0.718 | 0.436 | 0.006 | 0.090 | 0.124 | 0.003 | 0.493 | |
Currently only treats inpatients | ||||||||
Yes | 79 | 70.1 (15.7) | 64.6 (17.2) | 45.0 (13.1) | 41.5 (16.5) | 43.5 (17.1) | 71.3 (15.0) | 61.1 (20.6) |
No | 100 | 68.5 (15.2) | 63.0 (15.2) | 45.5 (15.6) | 40.6 (17.2) | 42.3 (14.8) | 70.8 (16.9) | 53.7 (21.7) |
t-test | 0.71 | 0.66 | −0.24 | 0.35 | 0.49 | 0.19 | 2.31 | |
p | 0.482 | 0.509 | 0.810 | 0.729 | 0.627 | 0.848 | 0.022 | |