ABSTRACT Background Presenteeism appears to be particularly prevalent among nursing staff, with previous studies suggesting potential associations with heavy nursing workloads and strained nurse–patient relationships, which may adversely affect health‐related productivity and increase the risk of nursing errors. Objectives A systematic review and meta‐analysis was performed to evaluate the factors influencing presenteeism among clinical nurses. Methods Systematic searches were undertaken in China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database, the China Biomedical Database, WanFang, Wipro, Web of Science, PubMed, EMbase, The Cochrane Library, CINAHL and PsyclNFO. The quality of the included studies was examined, and meta‐analysis was performed in Stata 18 software. Results A total of 16 cross‐sectional studies were included with a sample size of 10 067 clinical nurses. Meta‐analysis showed that clinical nurses had a high presenteeism score of 15.94. Subgroup analyses indicated that age, professional title, marital status, childbearing status, mode of employment, night shifts per month, years of work, perceived work stress, self‐assessed health status and experience of workplace violence were influential factors contributing to nurse presenteeism. Conclusions With clinical nurses at high risk for presenteeism, managers should identify high‐risk factors early and take appropriate measures to reduce the incidence of nurse presenteeism. Registration PROSPERO number: CRD420251041341.
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