La violència als professionals d'infermeria en l'àmbit hospitalari: revisió bibliogràfica

Paradell Blanc, Núria
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Background: Violence affects the job security of people and their health. Therefore, health professionals have a significant risk of suffering violence at work. Objectives: Identify the violence suffered by healthcare professionals in hospitals. Describe the action or reason, the profile of the author and the consequences of an aggression. It also investigates the incidence depending on country or region, professional category, years of experience and reported cases. Methods: The work methodology used is a systematic review. The article research was conducted in databases such as Medline PubMed, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library. 27 articles were accepted after applying the inclusion criteria, published between January 2012 and January 2017, in English and Spanish, using qualitative and quantitative methodologies with adult participants working in a hospital and including only measures of workplace violence. Exclusion criteria are individual cases, informative articles, expert opinions published in editorials, letters to the editor and research projects. Results: The highest rates of violence by country or region were found in the United States (Atlantic Region), Palestine, Taiwan, North China, the United Kingdom (Wales) and South Africa (Vhembe). Professionals who have 10 years of experience and the occupational category of doctors and nurses have higher incidence of experiencing more violent episodes. The author of the aggression is usually the patient and as result, psychological and emotional negative consequences are the most common. The reported incidents of violence are very low and the belief is that it is part of the job and that is useless to write a report. Conclusions: This systematic review recommends more research, particularly longitudinal studies, to identify the reasons and the direct and indirect effects of violence in the workplace to health workers. Workers’ rehabilitation to minimize ​
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