Table 1.
List of included studies, with research location and tool(s) used for the investigation.
| First Author | Year of Publication | Research Location | Sample, Response Rate in % | Tools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romito et al. | 2004 | Public hospital (Trieste) | 265 healthcare workers (Physicians and nurses). Response rate = 61.6% | Sexual Experiences Questionnaire modified |
| Grottoli et al. | 2007 | - | 355 healthcare workers | - |
| Camerino et al. | 2008 | General Hospital (outpatient departments, surgery, geriatrics, medicine, pediatrics and psychiatric departments) | 5541 nurses. Response rate = 61.6% | Ad-hoc questionnaire |
| Zampieron et al. | 2010 | 94 different clinical units (outpatient departments, surgery, geriatrics, medicine, pediatrics and psychiatric departments of two Italian health institution | 595 nurses. Response rate = 85% | Ad-hoc questionnaire |
| Catanesi et al. | 2010 | - | 1202 psychiatrists’ members of the Italian Society of Psychiatry. Response rate = 20.2% | Ad-hoc questionnaire |
| Cerri et al. | 2010 | - | 467 healthcare workers | - |
| Magnavita & Heponiemi | 2011 | General Hospital | 346 nursing students and 275 nurses from a general hospital. Response rate = 94.2% | Violent Incident Form |
| Magnavita et al. | 2012 | Public hospital | 992 radiologists | Violent Incident Form |
| Magnavita & Heponiemi | 2012 | A general hospital and Public Health Care Facilities | 1166 healthcare workers. Response rate = 80.1% | Violent Incident Form |
| Mastronardi et al. | 2013 | 42 public mental health centers | 478 psychiatrists: 246 publics and 232 privates. | Ad hoc interview |
| Gagliardi et al. | 2013 | - | 396 professionals | - |
| Grattagliano et al. | 2014 | Public mental health centers and private psychiatrists (Bari) | 101 healthcare workers (doctors, psychologists, nurses, socio-health workers). | Adhoc questionnaire |
| Magnavita | 2014 | Health unit (Rome) | 698 healthcare workers. Response rate = 96.5%. | Violent Incident Form |
| Acquadro Maran et al. | 2014 | Different wards of 4 Italian state hospitals located in the North of the country | 765 nurses from different wards (obstetrics, emergency internal medicine, otolaryngology and pediatrics). Response rate= 38.4% | The modified Italian version of the Questionnaire constructed by The Network for Surviving Stalking (NSS) |
| Terzoni et al. | 2015 | Different wards of a major Italian hospital | 903 healthcare workers (336 nurses, 195 medical doctors, 109 administrative employees, 52 auxiliaries and 47 physiotherapists, 164 included laboratory technicians, workmen, midwives, professional educators, auxiliary personnel, biologists, head nurses, or did not specify). Response rate = 48.7% | ISTAT (Istituto nazionale di statistica) questionnaire |
| Luciani et al. | 2016 | A major Italian Hospital (Lombardy Region) | 198 nurses | - |
| Ferri et al. | 2016 | 15 wards of a general hospital | 419 professionals (77 physicians, 17 head nurses, 259 nurses, 66 nursing assistants). Response rate = 56.2% | Violent Incident Form |
| Cannavò et al. | 2017 | Emergency Departments of a general hospital | 51 healthcare workers (administrative staff = 4, physicians = 5) and nurses = 42). Response rate = 87.9% | Questionario sulla Violenza in Sanità |
| Acquadro Maran et al. | 2018 | A hospital in northern Italy | 108 healthcare workers and 96 volunteers working in cardiology and oncology wards | Violent Incident Form |
| Ramacciati et al. | 2019 | All the Italian Emergency Departments | 816 Emergency nurses in all Italian regions. Response rate = 7% | Questionario per l’Indagine Nazionale 2016 sulla Violenza verso gli Infermieri di Pronto Soccorso |
| Berlanda et al. | 2019 | Eight Emergency departments in northeastern Italy | 149 (87 Physician and 62 nurses). Response rate = 37.7%) | Adhoc questionnaire |
| Cannavò et al. | 2019 | An Emergency Department of a general hospital and an acute psychiatric inpatients unit | 323 healthcare workers (nurses, auxiliary and administrative staff). Response rate = 80.7% | Health Violence questionnaire |
| Franchini et al. | 2020 | Private Hospital (Milan). Rehabilitative psychiatric and neurological wards | 55 healthcare workers (41 nurses, 6 healthcare assistant, 4 residents, 4 social educators). | A semi-structured interview |
| Ferri et al. | 2020 | An emergency department of a general hospital | 27 Italian nurses involved in the triage area. Response rate = 100% | Violent Incident Form |
| Bizzarri et al. | 2020 | Psychiatric Services (Bolzano) | 164 mental health workers. Response rate = 77.7%. | Risk Analysis Questionnaire |
| Magnavita et al. | 2020 | General Hospital | 275 nurses. Response rate = 91.1% | Violent Incident Form |
| Viottini et al. | 2020 | University Hospital (Turin) | 10,970 healthcare workers (nurses, medical doctors, support staff, administratives) | Aggression Reporting Form |
| Zoleo et al. | 2020 | Three emergency departments of a teaching hospital (Padua) | 171 healthcare workers (Nurse, Physician and Patient care assistant) from general, pediatric and obstetric-gynecological emergency departments. | Ad-hoc questionnaire |
| Firenze et al. | 2020 | Doctors from Northern Italy | 4545 healthcare workers. | Ad-hoc questionnaire |
| Aguglia et al. | 2020 | Emergency psychiatric wards in 3 Hospitals and 3 Mental Health Centres | 183 mental health workers: nurses = 56, psychiatrists = 39, residents = 58, other professionals = 30. Response rate = 67% | Ad-hoc structured questionnaire |
| Gravante et al. | 2020 | Emergency Departments in Campania Region | 83 emergency nurses | - |
| Converso et al. | 2021 | Two large hospitals in northern Italy | 300 nurses. Response rate = 60% | Violent Incident Form |