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Strategies to Reduce Workplace Violence Against Nurses in Iran: A Systematic Review
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Naser Javadi   , Khadijeh Sharifi * |
| Kashan University of Medical Sciences |
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Abstract
Introduction: Workplace violence against nurses in Iran and the world is an important challenge for the health and treatment system. Reducing workplace violence has a significant impact on the quantity and quality of providing care services. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to review the
studies conducted in the field of reducing workplace violence against Iranian nurses.
Methods: In this systematic study, articles published in the years 2012 to 2022 from databases including PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect, Web of Sciences, SID, Magiran, and IranDoc with a specific strategy to each database in Persian and English were searched. key words; workplace violence, nurse, Iran, Approach, and its Mesh equivalents were used using Boolean functions OR and AND. In total 171 studies researched workplace violence against nurses in Iran. Entry criteria for articles include intervention articles related to the topic from January 1, 2012, to March 1, 2023,articles with full-text access, conducting a study in Iran, Persian, or English, publishing in reputable academic and research journals, and exclusion criteria including articles presented in conferences and seminars, the letter to the editor, the case report and scoring less than 25 points in the Consort checklist. After evaluating the quality of the articles, finally, 6 articles were included in this study.
Results: In 6 reviewed studies (3 English studies and 3 Persian studies), all samples were from emergency department nurses. All studies were designed experimentally and semi-experimentally.
Based on the type of intervention, the teaching method was face-to-face in four studies and combined in two studies. In the combined intervention, along with face-to-face training, approaches including non-face-to-face training, management changes, physical environment changes, violence risk
assessment, and implementation of prevention recommendations were used. The findings showed that in fifty percent of the studies, face-to-face (workshop) and combined training reduce workplace violence against nurses. This change was statistically significant.
Conclusions: Face-to-face and combined training reduces workplace violence against nurses in 50% of studies. Nursing researchers can use more appropriate and creative combined solutions to reduce and solve this problem.
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| Keywords: Iran, nurse, violence, workplace. |
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Received: 2023/06/29 | Accepted: 2024/03/19 | Published: 2024/05/28
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| * Corresponding Author Address: Kashan University of Medical Sciences |
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