The effect of types of violence encountered by emergency nurses on burnout levels: A meta-analysis study

Working in emergency services, witnessing people's suffering, unpredictability cause stress in people. This environment is also effective in the burnout levels of employees. Among the health workers, nurses; Among nurses, burnout levels are higher than other nurses working in emergency departments. This study was planned as a meta-analysis study in order to determine the 'Effect of the Types of Violence Encountered by Emergency Nurses on the Level of Burnout' and was conducted with the meta-analysis method, one of the quantitative research methods. Scientific articles and theses were scanned from the catalogs and databases of Scopus, Sciencedirect, Pubmed, Medline, National Thesis Center, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University Library, and secondly, the reference part of the reached researches was searched. The words "Emergency Service", "Nurse", "Types of Violence", "Level of Burnout" were scanned in Turkish and English in the summary section. According to the last scan on September 24, 2021, a total of 3823 studies were identified and reviewed. Research data were obtained from 10 scientific articles. The total sample number of the articles included in the analysis is 4412. As a result of the analysis in the meta-analysis application of the 10 articles included in the analysis, it was determined that the studies had a heterogeneous structure. As a result of the calculations, the distribution of effect sizes was evaluated according to the random effects model (p<0.05). Funnel plot, Rosenthal's Safe N method and Orwin's Safe N method were used to determine publication bias. According to the calculations, nurses who experience violence are 2.5 times more than those who do not experience violence, male nurses are 1.8 times more than female nurses, nurses under 30 years old are 2.2 times compared to nurses over 30 years old, nurses with a professional experience of less than 10 years have more than 10 years of professional experience. It was determined that 1.9 times more burnout than nurses and nurses who faced verbal violence 4.3 times more than nurses who faced other types of violence. Keywords: Emergency Service, Nurse, Types of Violence, Level of Burnout, Meta-Analysis