Workplace violence against female healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Workplace violence (WPV) is highly prevalent in the health sector and remains a major occupational issue causing significant harm, ranging from bodily and psychological harm to death. Female healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk of WPV.

Objectives

Identify risk factors of WPV among different professional categories of female HCWs.

Data sources

PubMed, EMBASE and Web of Science, along with their references lists January 2010 and March 2022.

Eligibility criteria

English language observational studies focusing on WPV among HCWs evaluating the risk factors, impacts and consequences of WPV in female HCWs.

Method

Risk of bias was assessed for all studies by Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal checklists. We estimated the pooled prevalenc

SUBMITTER: Ajuwa MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11369783 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature