Interventions to prevent aggression against doctors: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To find out if there is evidence on interventions to prevent aggression against doctors.

Design

This systematic review searched the literature and reported in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.

Data sources

Pubmed, Embase, Turning Research into Practice (TRIP), Cochrane and Psycharticle, GoogleScholar and www.guideline.gov were consulted.

Eligibility criteria

Abstracts published in English between January 2000 and January 2018 were screened. Eligible studies focused on prevention and risk factors of type II workplace violence in general healthcare, psychiatric departments, emergency departments, emergency primary care, general practice.

Data extraction and synthesis

The selected interv

SUBMITTER: Raveel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6756459 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature