ArticleJAMA network open2019
Development and Validation of a Tool to Measure Patient Assessment of Clinical Compassion.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Curricula for empathy and compassion training in medical education: A systematic review.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
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- Machine Learning to Identify Physician Actions Associated with Patient Experience of Compassion.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- A Novel 5-Item Survey Tool to Assess Psychological Safety Among Graduate Medical Education Trainees.Journal of graduate medical education · 2026Article
- Scaling Compassion and Applications in ABA.Behavior analysis in practice · 2026Article
- Patient Experience of Clinician Compassion Is Associated With Healthcare System Distrust Among Emergency Department Patients.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026Article
- Relationship between hospitalised patients' perceptions of individualised and compassionate nursing care: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Having a More Compassionate Doctor Does Not Mean Patients Will Feel More Cared for: An Empirical Study.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- Measuring the quality of patient-provider relationships in serious illness: A scoping review.Palliative medicine · 2025Article
- Medical practitioner compassion: Development and validation of a compassion competency questionnaire.African journal of psychological assessment · 2025Article
- Emergency department staff compassion is associated with lower fear of enacted stigma among patients with opioid use disorder.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2024Article
- Item development for a patient-reported measure of compassionate healthcare in action.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
- Preconsultation compassion video to reduce anxiety among patients referred to a cancer centre: a randomised control trial.BMJ oncology · 2024Article
- A scoping review of the self-reported compassion measurement tools.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Development and psychometric testing of a scale measuring caring behaviors for healthcare students and providers.Medical education online · 2022Review
- What is the Most Valid and Reliable Compassion Measure in Healthcare? An Updated Comprehensive and Critical Review.The patient · 2022Review
- Development and validation of a patient-reported measure of compassion in healthcare: the Sinclair Compassion Questionnaire (SCQ).BMJ open · 2021Article
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Abstract
Importance: Clinician compassion is a vital element of health care quality. Currently, there appears to be no validated and feasible method for health care organizations to measure patient assessment of clinician compassion on a large scale. Objective: To develop and validate a tool for measuring patient assessment of clinician compassion that can be used in conjunction with the Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG-CAHPS) survey. Design, Setting, and Participants: This prospective cohort study took place from June 1 to August 30, 2018, at a US academic health care system among a pilot cohort consisting of 3325 adult patients and a validation cohort consisting of 3483 adult patients, both of whom had an outpatient clinic visit and completed the CG-CAHPS survey. Main Outcomes and Measurements: After a comprehensive literature review, 12 candidate survey items were developed. Face and construct validity were performed. Candidate items were disseminated to patients in conjunction with the CG-CAHPS survey in a series of 2 studies: (1) exploratory factor analysis in one cohort to determine the factor structure and the most parsimonious set of items; and (2) validity testing in a second cohort using confirmatory factor analysis. Reliability was tested using Cronbach α. Convergent validity was tested with patient assessment of clinician communication and overall satisfaction questions from CG-CAHPS survey. Results: Overall, 6493 patient responses were analyzed. The mean (SD) age was 60 (15) years, 4239 patients (65.3%) were women, and 5079 (78.2%) were white. Exploratory factor analyses identified a 5-item compassion measure to be the most parsimonious. Confirmatory factor analyses found good fit. The compassion measure demonstrated good internal consistency (α = 0.94) and convergent validity (clinician communication: ρ = 0.44; overall satisfaction: ρ = 0.52) but reflected a patient experience domain (compassionate care) distinct from what is currently captured in the CG-CAHPS survey. Conclusions and Relevance: A simple 5-item tool to measure patient assessment of clinician compassion was developed and validated for use in conjunction with CG-CAHPS survey.
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