SynthesisJournal of safety research2023
Workplace violence against health care workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Violence, Stigma, and Moral Injury in Nursing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Analysis From 18 Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.Nursing inquiry · 2026Article
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- Psychological Impact on Firefighters After the 2022 Amok Attack in Berlin at Tauentzienstraße.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Measuring the Risk of Violence Through Health Surveillance.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Tracking Workplace Violence over 20 Years.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Workplace Violence and Burnout among Health Workers Two Years after the COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan, China: The Chain Mediation Effect of Sleep Disturbance and Work Ability.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Violence study of healthcare workers and systems in the Caribbean: ViSHWaS-Caribbean study.World journal of methodology · 2024Article
- Poor Work Ability Is Associated with Workplace Violence in Nurses: A Two-Wave Panel Data Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Medicolegal analysis of physical violence toward physicians in Egypt.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- A longitudinal qualitative exploration of victorian healthcare workers' and organisations' evolving views and experiences during COVID-19.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Relationship between workplace violence, job satisfaction, and burnout among healthcare workers in mobile cabin hospitals in China: Effects of perceived stress and work environment.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Care Workers (HCWs) have been at the frontline against the disease and have direct contact with patients and their companions, so they are exposed to all sorts of Workplace Violence (WPV). The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of WPV against HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
methodThis study was conducted according to the PRISMA guideline, and its protocol was registered at the PROSPERO under the code of CRD42021285558. Articles were obtained from data resources such as Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Science Direct, Google Scholar, and Embase. A literature search was conducted from the beginning of 2020 to the end of December 2021. Meta-analysis was conducted using the Random effects model, and the I
resultsIn this study, 1,054 articles were initially obtained during the primary search, of which 13 were finally entered in the meta-analysis. According to the results of the meta-analysis, the prevalence of physical and verbal WPV were 10.75% (95% CI: 8.20-13.30, I
conclusionThe results of the present study showed that the prevalence of WPV against HCWs was relatively high during the COVID-19 pandemic; nevertheless, it was lower compared to the area prior to the pandemic. Therefore, HCWs need essential training to reduce stress and increase resilience. Also, considering organizational interventions (including policies to ensure that HCWs report WPV to their supervisors, increasing staffing per patient, and installing systems for HCWs to call for immediate assistance) can increase the resilience HCWs.
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