Table 3.

Articles’ concepts and themes

Themes Studies (author names)	Types and prevalence of violence	Vulnerable groups	Place of violence in health facilities	Source of violence initiation	Causes of violence	Reporting of violence	Consequences	Mitigation strategies
Kitaneh M, Hamdan M	✓	✓		✓		✓
Algwaiz WM, Alghanim SA	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
Zafar W, Siddiqui E et al.	✓	✓		✓		✓
AbuAlRub RF, Al Khawaldeh AT	✓				✓	✓
Tucker JD, Cheng Y et al.					✓		✓	✓
Kvas A, Seljak J	✓			✓
Park M, Cho SH et al	✓	✓		✓
Hamdan M, Abu Hamra A	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
Pompeii LA, Schoenfisch AL et al.	✓				✓	✓
Abed M, Morris E et al.	✓	✓		✓
Ferri P, Silvestri M et al.	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bilici R, Sercan M et al.					✓			✓
Sun T, Gao L	✓						✓
Shafran-Tikva S, Chinitz D et al.				✓	✓
Rafeea F, Al Ansari A et al.	✓	✓				✓	✓
Wong AHW, Combellick J			✓		✓
Alsaleem SA, Alsabaani A et al.	✓	✓	✓
Wang N, Wu D et al.	✓	✓
Honarvar B, Ghazanfari N et al.	✓	✓		✓	✓
Sachdeva S, Jamshed N et al.	✓	✓		✓		✓	✓
Demirci Ş, Uğurluoğlu Ö	✓	✓	✓	✓
Davey K, Ravishankar V et al.					✓		✓	✓