@article{ref1,
title="Health consequences of bullying in the healthcare workplace: a systematic review",
journal="Journal of Advanced Nursing",
year="2019",
author="Lever, Isabel and Dyball, Daniel and Greenberg, Neil and Stevelink, Sharon A. M.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="AIMS: To review both mental and physical health consequences of bullying for healthcare employees. <br><br>DESIGN: Systematic literature review. DATA SOURCES: EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PUBMED and Web of Science Core Collection were searched for articles published between 2005 - January 2017. REVIEW METHODS: This review was conducted using the framework described by Khan and reported using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. Two independent reviewers performed systematic data extraction and appraised the methodological quality of included articles. A pooled mean prevalence of bullying was estimated. <br><br>RESULTS: Forty-five papers met inclusion criteria. Bullying prevalence ranged from 3.9-86.5%, with a pooled mean estimate of 26.3%. Perceived bullying was associated with mental health problems including psychological distress, depression and burnout, as well as physical health problems including insomnia and headache. Bullied staff took more sick leave. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Bullying occurs frequently amongst healthcare staff and is deleterious to health and occupational functionality.<br><br>This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0309-2402",
doi="10.1111/jan.13986",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jan.13986"
}