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ArticleHERD2025

Effectiveness of Environmental Design Interventions to Reduce Aggression and Violence in Emergency Departments: A Scoping Review.

Darren Jacob, Belinda Jacob, Elisabeth Jacob, Alycia Jacob

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Article in HERD, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Darren JacobAustralian Catholic University, Australia.ORCID 0009-0001-1199-7948
Belinda JacobAustralian Catholic University, Australia.ORCID 0009-0006-9306-8523
Elisabeth JacobAustralian Catholic University, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3506-8422
Alycia JacobAustralian Catholic University, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2458-6715

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

AimTo investigate evidence for the effectiveness of physical design interventions to reduce patient and bystander violence in emergency departments.BackgroundWorkplace violence in emergency departments can cause financial, emotional and physical harm for health care staff and organizations. Violence may be impacted by the physical design of the department.MethodA scoping review was undertaken of CINAHL, Medline, Scopus, and PsycINFO. The search utilized Boolean operators with key words, major search terms and subject headings. Inclusion criteria were physical design, violence and emergency departments. Studies on mental health or pediatric emergency department

Indexed as

AggressionEmergency Service, HospitalHospital Design and ConstructionViolenceWorkplace ViolenceHumansaggressioneffectivenessemergency departmentphysical designviolence

Identifiers

PMID40620044
PMCPMC12460922

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