혈액투석환자와 일반인의 자살에 대한 태도에 관한 비교연구

A Comparative Study of The A ttitude Toward Suicide Between Hemodialysis Patients and Normal Subjects

The purpose of this study is to examine attitudes toward suicide in hemodialysis patients and normal persons.The attitude measures were attained by the Suicidal O pinion Questionnaire established by D om ino. Hemodialysis patients were 49, and normal subjects were 53. The results of the differences of scores o f 10 attitude factors between two groups are as follows ； 1) It is revealed that factors which reached level of signigicant differences were ethics, religion, and mental illness. 2) The result of multiple regression of the suicide attitude factors for subjects showed that mental illness factor and religion factor are included in the regression equation by significant level. 3) As comparing the scores of suicide attitude factors according to religious belief, no fectors reached the significant level, but factor scores of patients and normal group were significantly different. 4) Duration of hemodialysis had no significant effect on the suicide attitude factors