**3. Results**

#### *3.1. Results of the Search*

This section outlines the evidence gathered from the selected literature for the review. It highlights the characteristics of the review study, the key results, and themes arising from the thirteen journal articles.

#### *3.2. Characteristics of the Reviewed Studies*

All the studies met the inclusion criteria and were published between 2010 and 2021. The review of the studies revealed the deployment of three key research designs of cross-sectional studies [7,10,11,13–15,18–20], mixed-methods [12] observational prospective studies [17], descriptive designs [5], and qualitative designs [16]. The sample comprised nursing exclusively, which fostered the generalizability to other nursing studies. Furthermore, the reviewed findings were from different geographical locations, including developing and advanced healthcare systems. The countries included Australia, India, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Spain, the United States, Israel, Croatia, and Jordan. Table 2 outlines the measurements and sample sizes gathered in each study.
