From: Empathy promoting interventions for health professionals: a systematic review of RCTs
First author, Publication year Country | Sample size | Population/ Number of Centres | Male (%) | Mean age (years) | Study duration (months) |
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Blaire-Irvine 2012 USA | 172 | Licensed care staff/ ND | 15 | ND | 1.5 |
Riess 2012 USA | 99 | Surgery, Medicine, Anesthesiology, Psychiatry, Ophthalmology, and Orthopedics Residents/ 2 | 79 | 30 | 10 |
Daeppen 2011 Switzerland | 131 | 2nd year master students/ 1 | ND | ND | 48 |
Tulsky 2011 UK | 48 | Oncologists/ 2 | 81 | 49.3 | 1 |
Rask 2009 Denmark | 24 | Nurses in oncology clinic/ 1 | 0 | 9 nurses <40 14 nurses >40 | 7 |
Shapiro 2009 Canada | 79 | 1st year medical students/ ND | 39 | 23.2 | 48 |
Bonvicini 2008 USA | 155 | Physicians/ ND | 63 | 37.3 | 11 |
Butow 2008 Australia | 30 | Oncologists/ 6 | 50 | Range 41–44 | 12 |
Delvaux 2005 Belgium | 62 | Specialists in medical or surgical oncology, radiotherapy, hematology, and gynecology/ ND | 55 | 43 | 6 |
Shapiro 2004 USA | 16 | Medical students/ 1 | 45 | 23.4 | 12 |
Fallowfield 2002 UK | 160 | Oncologists/ 34 | 72 | ND | 4 |
Jenkins 2002 UK | 93 | Oncologists/ ND | 70 | ND | 60 |
Razavi 2002 Belgium | 133 | Nurses/ 88 | 0 | ND | 6 |
Smith 1995 USA | 26 | 1st year residents/ 2 | 57 | ND | ND |
Daniels 1988 Canada | 53 | 2nd year registered nurses students/ ND | 0 | 21.2 | 9 |
Wolf 1987 USA | 134 | 1st year medical students/ 1 | ND | ND | 12 |
Robbins 1979 USA | 51 | Residents/ 2 | ND | ND | 12 |