Global Scoping Review on Healthcare Workplace Violence, 2021–2025

77 studies from 53 countries published between 2021 and 2025 are synthesized in this scoping review on workplace violence in healthcare. The review maps evidence on prevalence, risk factors, consequences, and prevention strategies for healthcare workers. It was authored by Francesca Simona Fiorino and shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing prevalence and forms of workplace violence based on the reported high rates of psychological and verbal violence.
• Identifying high-risk groups and settings based on the review's findings concerning nurses, early-career professionals, and emergency departments.
• Evaluating determinants and prevention strategies based on the multi-level factors spanning individual, organizational, and contextual levels.

Strengths

• Synthesizes evidence from 77 studies across 53 countries, providing a broad geographic scope.
• Focuses on recent literature published between 2021 and 2025, offering a current perspective.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is a 720.5 KB document, suggesting a limited scope primarily containing the review's text rather than raw data.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Scoping review synthesizing evidence from published studies.

Time Range

2021–2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 05:43:18; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global (53 countries)