Digital harassment and its mental health impact among healthcare professionals: A scoping review
Kyohei Otani, Tomohiro Kinoshita, Ryota Shindo, Shogo Kurushima · 2026
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Kyohei Otani and colleagues map online harassment of health workers in a 2026 scoping review. They searched three databases through December 2025 and included 24 studies from 12 countries. Digital harassment covers workplace cyberbullying, online defamation, and social media attacks.
Workplace cyberbullying rates ranged from 1.5 to 46.6 percent across studies. Harassment was linked with depression, anxiety, burnout, and stress symptoms, though cause could not be proven. Seven studies covered pandemic-era abuse of health workers. Proof of helpful interventions was scarce, so the authors call for policies, legal protection, and support systems. The authors also note that most studies were one-time surveys with varied methods, so their findings should be read with care and not as firm proof of cause.
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| CREATOR | Kyohei Otani, Tomohiro Kinoshita, Ryota Shindo, Shogo Kurushima |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41995 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |