Cochrane · systematic review · CD011860

Education and training for preventing and minimizing workplace aggression directed toward healthcare workers

Geoffrion, S, Hills, DJ, Ross, HM, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2020 · Cochrane Library

WorkAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
9
current version
GRADE rated
9
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 7 · 77.8%Low 2 · 22.2%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Summary of findings

Population: healthcare workers
9 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
1.1 Number of episodes of aggression (CRCT)—short‐term
no estimate extracted49 participantsVery low
1.2 Number of episodes of aggression (CBA)—short‐term
RR 2.3 [0.97, 5.42]155 participantsVery low
1.3 Number of episodes of aggression (CBA)—short‐term
no estimate extracted23 participantsVery low
1.4 Number of episodes of aggression (CRCT)—long‐term
RR 1.14 [0.95, 1.37]291 participantsLow
2.1 Knowledge about aggression (RCT/CRCT)—short‐term
no estimate extracted1 study · 62 participantsLow
2.2 Knowledge about aggression(RCT/CRCT)—long‐term
1.26 [0.9, 1.75]291 participantsVery low
Attitudes (RCT/CRCT)—short‐term
no estimate extracted3 studies · 683 participantsVery low
Skills (RCT/CRCT)—short‐term
no estimate extracted1 study · 198 participantsVery low
Adverse personal outcomes (RCT/CRCT)—short‐term
no estimate extracted1 study · 31 participantsVery low