Table 3 Studies that explored perspectives of compassion
From: Compassion: a scoping review of the healthcare literature
Study | Country | Participants | Design | Setting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Students, teachers | ||||
Bray et al. [50] | UK | Health professionals, students (survey, n = 352; interview, n = 14) | Mixed methods | University |
Burack et al. [69] | US | Four ward teams (n = 23) | Mixed methods | Inpatient internal medicine |
Curtis [76] | UK | Nursing teachers (n = 5) | Qualitative | University |
Curtis et al. [78] | UK | Nursing students (n = 19), nursing teachers (n = 5) | Qualitative | University |
Horsburgh, Ross [51] | UK | New qualified staff nurses (n = 42) | Qualitative | Various |
Roberts et al. [66] | US | Second and third-year medical residents (n = 155) | Survey | University |
Smith et al. [77] | UK | Nurse lecturers (n = 8) | Qualitative | University |
Wear, Zarconi [67] | US | 4th-year medical students (n = 52) | Qualitative | University |
Patients, caregivers | ||||
Badger, Royse [63] | US | Adult burn survivors (n = 31) | Qualitative | Burns |
Bramley, Matiti [49] | UK | Patients (n = 10) | Qualitative | Hospital |
Burnell, Agan [74] | US | Patients (pilot study, n = 110; full, n = 250) | Survey design | Hospital |
Crowther et al. [62] | UK | Bereaved informal carers of people with dementia (n = 40) | Qualitative | Hospital, long-term care |
Lloyd, Carson [64] | UK | Mental health consumers (n = 30) | Qualitative | Mental health |
Patients, caregivers, clinicians | ||||
Dewar, Nolan [72] | UK | Clinicians (n = 35), patients (n = 10), families (n = 12) | Qualitative | Hospital |
Dewar, Mackay [79] | UK | Clinicians (n = 35), patients (n = 10), families (n = 12) | Qualitative | Hospital |
Kret [65] | US | Patients (n = 100), nurses (n = 100) | Mixed methods | Medical-surgical |
Lown et al. [58] | US | Patients (n = 800), physicians (n = 510) | Survey | National |
Skaff et al. [60] | US | Physician assistants (n = 17); patients (n = 123-150) | Survey | Hospital |
van der Cingel [48] | NL | Patients (n = 31), nurses (n = 30) | Qualitative | Long-term care |
Clinicians | ||||
Alexander et al. [93] | US | Palliative care team (n = 15) | Mixed methods | Palliative care |
Armstrong et al. [56] | UK | Psychiatric nurses (n = 26) | Delphi study | Psychiatry |
Brown et al. [55] | UK | Mental healthcare practitioners (n = 20) | Qualitative | Mental health |
Cameron et al. [59] | US | Oncologists (n = 17) | Qualitative | Oncology |
Crawford et al. [54] | UK | Acute mental health practitioners (n = 20) | Mixed method | Mental health |
Dhawan et al. [80] | US | Physicians (n = 42 correctional, n = 36 non-correctional) | Survey | Corrections |
Fernando, Consedine [71] | PH | Physicians (n = 372; n = 75 pilot) | Survey design | Various |
Fry et al. [75] | AU | Emergency clinical initiative nurses (n = 16) | Qualitative | Emergency |
Graber, Mitcham [68] | US | Hospital clinicians (n = 24) | Qualitative | Hospital |
Hem, Heggen [73] | NO | Psychiatric nurses (n = 6) | Qualitative | Psychiatry |
Kvangarsnes et al. [70] | NO | Intensive-care unit nurses (n = 17) | Qualitative | Intensive care |
Perry [61] | CA | Registered nurses and licensed practical nurses (n = 7) | Qualitative | Long-term care |
Sanghavi [57] | US | Hospital staff | Mixed methods | Hospitals |
Vivino et al. [53] | US | Licensed psychotherapists (n = 14) | Qualitative | Mental health |
Way, Tracy [52] | US | Hospice team (n = 96) | Qualitative | Hospice |