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In the light of the paucity of systematic reviews on this common issue in nursing, the objective was to present a comprehensive systematic review and meta\u2010analysis of these papers.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Background<\/jats:title><jats:p>Aggression towards nurses is common around the world and can be the impetus for nurses leaving the profession or developing anxiety when working in particular settings.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>Systematic review with meta\u2010analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Meta\u2010analyses were conducted to assess the effect of the factors of gender and context (dichotomised as mental health\/psychiatric or nonmental health\/psychiatric). The databases of Medline (1966\u20132015), CINAHL (1982\u20132015) and PsychInfo (1920\u20132015).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 1571 papers were screened by two reviewers. At the final decision 14 were selected for analysis. A higher proportion of female nurses than male nurses were reported to be the victims of verbal abuse, with the difference in proportions being statistically significant. A statistically significant higher proportion of male nurses than female nurses were reported to be the victims of physical abuse. There was a significantly higher proportion of mental health nurses reported experiencing physical abuse as compared to nonmental health nurses.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The analysis reveal female nurses have greater odds of verbal abuse than male nurses and male nurses have greater odds of physical abuse than female nurses. 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