ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Association between Workplace Bullying, Job Stress, and Professional Quality of Life in Nurses: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Horizontal Violence or Workplace Bullying Among Intensive Care Unit Nurses: A Mixed Systematic Review.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Pooled it
- The Impact of Workplace Bullying and Organizational Incivility on Nurses' Emotional Distress: Exploring Parallel Mediation Through Life Satisfaction and Functional Impairment-A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of mental health nursing · 2026Article
- Workplace Bullying in Healthcare Organisations: A Scoping Review of the Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses on Workplace Bullying of Healthcare Workers.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
- Indonesian immigrant nurses' stress, distress, and coping: A qualitative study.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Article
- Experiences of mobbing among nurses working in surgical clinics: a qualitative descriptive study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- The rising tide of workplace violence in the healthcare sector: a global scoping review of burden, determinants, and prevention strategies (2021-2025).Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Assessing work-related criticalities: psychometric properties of a questionnaire developed in an Italian occupational stress center.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Factors affecting nurses' professional quality of life in Europe - A systematic review.AIMS public health · 2026Review
- Association between workplace gaslighting, mental health and work life in nurses: a cross-sectional study in Greece.AIMS public health · 2026Article
- Investigating Predictors of Nurses' Professional Quality of Life and the Role of Cyberbullying: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- 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
- Professional Quality of Life, Team Cohesion, Organizational Commitment, and Intent to Leave Among Nursing Personnel: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Resilience as a Moderator of the Effects of Workplace Bullying on Psychological Distress and Sleep Quality Among Information Technology Professionals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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- A qualitative study of academic bullying among junior doctors in Sierra Leone.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Latent profiles of psychological resilience and their moderating effects on the relationship between work stress and coping strategies in nurses.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Exposure to workplace bullying and nurses' turnover intentions nexus: a moderation-mediation analysis.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Early retirement intentions of Korean wage earners: the influence of job demand-control-support latent profiles.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Linking health-related quality of life to labor supply: a study of nurses in Western Iran.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Bullying experience among Nigerian physiotherapists: Prevalence and impact on workplace performance.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
Workplace bullying affects workers' lives, causing several mental and physical health problems and job-related issues. Therefore, a summary of the evidence on the consequences of workplace bullying on workers' lives is essential to improve working conditions. The literature lacks systematic reviews and meta-analyses on the association between workplace bullying and job stress and the professional quality of life of nurses. Thus, we aimed to quantitatively summarize the data on the association between workplace bullying, job stress, and professional quality of life. We performed our study in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines. The review protocol was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42024495948). We searched PubMed, Medline, Scopus, Cinahl, and Web of Science up to 4 January 2024. We calculated pooled correlation coefficients and 95% confidence intervals [CI]. We identified nine studies with a total of 3730 nurses. We found a moderate positive correlation between workplace bullying and job stress (pooled correlation coefficient = 0.34, 95% CI = 0.29 to 0.39). Moreover, a small negative correlation between workplace bullying and compassion satisfaction (pooled correlation coefficient = -0.28, 95% CI = -0.41 to -0.15) was identified. Additionally, our findings suggested a moderate positive correlation between workplace bullying and job burnout (pooled correlation coefficient = 0.43, 95% CI = 0.32 to 0.53) and secondary traumatic stress (pooled correlation coefficient = 0.36, 95% CI = 0.11 to 0.57). Our findings can help nursing managers and policy-makers to draw attention to workplace bullying by implementing effective interventions, so as to reduce the bullying of nurses.
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