SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Interventions for Workplace Violence Prevention in Emergency Departments: A Systematic Review.
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58 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Prevalence of Violence Perpetrated by Healthcare Workers in Long-Term Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of the interventions against workplace violence suffered by health and support professionals: A meta-analysis.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2022Pooled it
- Assessing the impact of educational TV program intervention on transforming elderly patients, promote patient involvement, and mitigating violence toward physicians: a randomized controlled trial.BMC health services research · 2025Trial
- Behavioral skills training for teaching safety skills to mental health service providers compared to training-as-usual: a pragmatic randomized control trial.BMC health services research · 2024Trial
- Development of the Nurses' Attitudes Toward Violence by Patients and Patients' Relatives Scale: A Methodological Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- From Situational Awareness to Structured Action: Developing a Nurse-Led Trigger-Based Pathway for Dynamic Violence Risk Management in the Emergency Department.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Article
- Assessing the experiences of violence among healthcare workers in Calgary emergency departments.CJEM · 2026Article
- "We could do more": exploring violance prevention measures in German outpatient primary care - a qualitative study.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Workplace Violence Experiences Among Nurse Educators in Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.Nursing open · 2026Article
- Design, Development, and Validation of a Chatbot to Support Health Care Professionals Experiencing Workplace Aggression: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Determinants of workplace violence against nurses and mitigation strategies in hospitals in developing countries: a scoping review.BMC nursing · 2026Article
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- Success factors in prevention activities and training intervention against workplace violence in healthcare: A systematic review.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2026Review
- [Position paper of the DGIIN-violence against healthcare personnel in emergeny departments and intensive care units].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2026Review
- Improving prehospital and emergency care for patients with mental dysregulation: a comprehensive research agenda.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2026Article
- State laws that address workplace violence in health care settings.Health affairs scholar · 2026Article
- Perceived Effectiveness of Workplace Violence Prevention Strategies Among Bulgarian Healthcare Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Causes of workplace violence against nurses and strategies for its prevention in developed countries: a scoping review.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Prevalence and types of violence against emergency department workers in Kuwait: a cross-sectional study.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Emergency departments (EDs) are high-risk settings for workplace violence, but interventions to prevent violent incidents and to prepare staff are not yet consistently implemented, and their effectiveness is often unclear. This study aims to summarise evidence on workplace violence prevention interventions that were implemented in EDs to reduce violent incidents caused by patients/relatives or to increase the knowledge, skills or feelings of safety of ED staff. A systematic review was conducted. The databases MEDLINE, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, CINAHL and PsycINFO were searched for studies dated between January 2010 and May 2021. Interventional and observational studies reporting on behavioural, organisational or environmental interventions among healthcare workers in hospital EDs were included. Studies were assessed for methodological quality using the Johanna Briggs Institute Tools. Key findings of studies were summarised narratively. Fifteen studies were included, of which eleven examined behavioural interventions (classroom, online or hybrid training programmes) on de-escalation skills, violent person management or self-defence techniques. Four studies included in addition, organisational and environmental interventions. Most studies showed that interventions had a positive effect in the form of a reduction of violent incidents or an improvement in how prepared staff were to deal with violent situations; however, evidence is still sparse. Further studies should consider in particular, environmental and organisational interventions and ensure a high methodological quality.
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