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Table 1 Characteristics of eligible studies

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)

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

  1. ND, No data