A systematic review of research on empathy in health care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To summarize the predictors and outcomes of empathy by health care personnel, methods used to study their empathy, and the effectiveness of interventions targeting their empathy, in order to advance understanding of the role of empathy in health care and facilitate additional research aimed at increasing positive patient care experiences and outcomes.

Data source

We searched MEDLINE, MEDLINE In-Process, PsycInfo, and Business Source Complete to identify empirical studies of empathy involving health care personnel in English-language publications up until April 20, 2021, covering the first five decades of research on empathy in health care (1971-2021).

Study design

We performed a systematic review in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Re

SUBMITTER: Nembhard IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10012244 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature