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Table 2 Results by Topic

From: Empathy and compassion in the health-related literature: disciplinary and topic trends and gaps

Ref #

Topic terms searched with E/C

# of results associated with E (N = 21,260)

% of results associated with E

# of results associated with C (N = 23,942)

% of results associated with C

1

Psychosocial variables

12,135

57

13,151

55

2

Attitudes

5732

27

6244

26

3

Emotional E

5653

27

5653

24

4

Emotions

4195

20

4491

19

5

Thought

2225

10

2450

10

6

Cognitive E

2081

10

2018

8

7

Patient satisfaction

1136

5

1247

5

8

Interventions

981

5

1244

5

9

Lack of E/C

958

5

1107

5

10

Attitudes and emotions

944

4

1018

4

11

Scales

663

3

730

3

12

Negative emotions

621

3

621

3

13

Burnout

607

3

864

4

14

Conflict

601

3

679

3

15

Positive emotions

586

3

652

3

16

Communication and language

494

2

518

2

17

Facial expressions

479

2

486

2

18

Anger

369

2

425

2

19

Theories

359

2

387

2

20

Measuring

355

2

386

2

21

Experimental study

354

2

385

2

22

Education and interventions

344

2

416

2

23

Emotional awareness

336

2

385

2

24

Interventions and teaching

285

1

365

2

25

Connection

280

1

330

1

26

Communities

274

1

287

1

27

Compassion fatigue

267

1

553

2

27

Difficult patients

256

1

301

1

29

Patient-centered communication

241

1

257

1

30

Language and emotions

236

1

244

1

31

Physician relationships

208

1

88

0

32

Mixed methods

164

1

218

1

33

Discrimination

151

1

189

0

34

Conflict management

158

1

177

0

35

Frustration

128

1

139

0

36

Interpersonal conflict

110

1

119

0

37

Social dynamics

106

0

118

0

38

Educational interventions

100

0

118

0

39

Health disparities

80

0

93

0

40

Lack of E/C and health outcomes

52

0

68

0

41

Relationship dynamics

43

0

48

0

42

Conscious mind

42

0

44

0

43

Randomized control trials

37

0

46

0

44

Rumination

34

0

63

0

45

Interventions and review papers

34

0

42

0

46

Implicit bias

31

0

32

0

47

Psychosocial perspectives

28

0

32

0

48

Discrimination and lack of E/C

18

0

24

0

49

Ethnographic studies

18

0

20

0

50

Conscious decision-making

16

0

17

0

51

Resentment

15

0

19

0

52

Explicit bias

14

0

16

0

53

Compassionate communities

10

0

17

0

54

Linguistic structures

7

0

8

0

55

Self-talk

3

0

3

0

56

Interpersonal conflict and lack of E/C

2

0

3

0

57

Resistant thought

2

0

2

0

58

Ethnographic discourse analysis

2

0

2

0

59

Discrimination, negative thought, and lack of E/C

0

0

0

0

60

Relational frame theory

0

0

0

0