TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Health consequences of bullying in the healthcare workplace: a systematic review
JO  - Journal of Advanced Nursing
A1  - Lever, Isabel
A1  - Dyball, Daniel
A1  - Greenberg, Neil
A1  - Stevelink, Sharon A. M.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0309-2402
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jan.13986
ID  - ref1
ER  -