Prevalence of lateral violence in nurse workplace: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of inter-nurse lateral violence (LV) reported in current studies is inconsistent, ranging from 7% to 83%. The purpose of this study is to quantify the prevalence of LV in nurses' workplaces.

Methods

Systematic review and meta-analysis. Cochrane, PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, CNKI and Wanfang databases were searched for relevant studies (up to 27 January 2021). We included cross-sectional, case-control or cohort studies in which both abusers and victims were nurses. Studies that did not provide specific data on abusers were excluded. Stata V.16.0 was used for statistical analysis. Fixed-effect or random-effect model was adopted according to heterogeneity, which was evaluated by Cochran's Q and I ² values. The main indicator was LV prevale

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8966576 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature