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Prevalence of Workplace Violence Against Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Predictive Validity of Violence Screening Tools in Emergency and Psychiatric Services: A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Interventions to Improve Coping and Resilience of Frontline Mental Healthcare Professionals Towards Workplace Violence on Psychiatric Wards-A Systematic Review.International journal of mental health nursing · 2025Pooled it
- The Prevalence and Determinants of Mental Health Problems in Lebanon: A Meta-Analytic Study of 3957 Healthcare Workers.Turk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Contemporary evidence of workplace violence against the primary healthcare workforce worldwide: a systematic review.Human resources for health · 2023Pooled 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
- Associations of workplace violence with depression and anxiety among health-care workers: the mediating role of perceived work stress.Global health action · 2026Article
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- Assessment of violence against patients by healthcare providers at the point of service delivery in Sekyere south district.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Rates of assaults among New York City Transit workers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2018 - 2023.Research square · 2026Article
- Regional and temporal trends in workplace violence and presenteeism among healthcare professionals: a comparative analysis of Europe and South Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Building better conversations: results of a community-based online health misinformation and motivational interviewing training program in Alaska.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Defining the Violence Victim Phenomenon: A Qualitative Study Among Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Specialists.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Sexual Violence Against Mental Health Nurses in Inpatient Psychiatric Settings: A Systematic Review of Prevalence, Outcomes, and Risk Factors.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Review
- Factors Affecting Workplace Bullying Among Intensive Care Unit Nurses and Their Needs for Improving Organizational Culture: A Mixed-Methods Study.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Experience of workplace violence among clinical faculty members of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences: A qualitative study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- Risk Assessment of Workplace Violence Against Nurses: How Data Collection Methods Influence Results-A Swedish and Italian Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- Epidemiology of work-related incidents in healthcare: findings from a 7-year retrospective review of work-related incidents in a tertiary hospital in Singapore.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Prevalence of Violence Against Healthcare Workers in Kosovo During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Prevalence of workplace violence against nurses in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of nursing sciences · 2025Review
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Abstract
Background: A large number of anxious and concerned people refer to health centers during the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing the workload of healthcare workers (HCWs) and violence against these professionals. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of workplace violence (WPV) against HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted via searching in databases such as Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science, and observational articles reporting the prevalence of WPV against HCWs were selected. Heterogeneity between the studies was assessed using Cochran's Q test. A random-effects model was used to estimate the prevalence of WPV. Data analysis was performed in the Stata software version 16. Results: In the initial search, 680 articles were identified and screened based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) steps. In total, 17 studies with a sample size of 17,207 HCWs were analyzed. The total prevalence of violence was estimated at 47% (95% CI: 34-61%). In addition, the prevalence of physical and psychological violence was 17% (95% CI: 6-28%) and 44% (95% CI: 31-57%), respectively. The prevalence of WPV was higher among physicians (68%; 95% CI: 31-95%) compared to other HCWs. The WPV in the America and Asia was 58 and 44%, respectively. Conclusion: According to the results, WPV against nurses is prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic, and intervention measures are required to protect the nursing staff against such violence.
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