Factors associated to intra-hospital horizontal violence against nursing personnel: a systematic review

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I. Llanos-Jiménez
E. Rivas-Riveros
M. López-Espinoza

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Objective: To determine risk factors associated to intra-hospital horizontal violence against nursing personnel.


Methodology: This is a systematic review about epidemiological studies analyzing horizontal violence against nurses and its associated factors. Pubmed, ProQuest, ScienceDirect, Ebsco-Host, CINHAL, ISI Web of Science and Biblioteca Virtual en Salud databases were consulted. A critical lecture strategy (STROBE) was followed. AHQR-based Level of Evidence and Recommendation Degree were assigned.


Results: From 629 registers, 7 articles were included in the systematic review. All received a Level of Evidence III and a Degree of Recommendation B. The prevalence of horizontal violence was found to be in the range of 21.1% to 79.4%. Associated risk factors were: place of work, job satisfaction, relationship with colleagues, intention to leave, and work harassment related policies.


Conclusions: There is scant and limited in quality evidence on the topic. It becomes necessary to acknowledge the prevalence of intra-hospital horizontal violence against nurses and its associated factors in order to design prevention strategies which can strengthen the labor culture.

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