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Enabling Digital Compassion in Digital Health Environments: Modified eDelphi Study to Identify Interprofessional Competencies and Technology Attributes

Enabling Digital Compassion in Digital Health Environments: Modified eDelphi Study to Identify Interprofessional Competencies and Technology Attributes

Compassion can be distinguished from empathy or sympathy as compassion is not only one’s ability to be affected by, or to take the perspective of the sufferer [40], but also an action-oriented approach to assuage the pain or suffering of others [41]. In recognizing the advances of technology, and the health care ecosystem becoming ever more digital, it is necessary now more than ever to define and articulate what compassion or “digital compassion” [42-44] means in the digital context.

David Wiljer, Rebecca Charow, Melody Zhang, Brian Lo, Lydia Sequeira, Nelson Shen, Sanjeev Sockalingam, Peter Rossos, Allison Crawford, Gillian Strudwick

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e66547


Compassion Fatigue and Burnout Among Health Care Professionals: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Compassion Fatigue and Burnout Among Health Care Professionals: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Compassion satisfaction among health care professionals is a crucial aspect of the quality of care provided. Compassion satisfaction refers to the positive feelings derived from caring for others and the ability to help effectively [1]. It is closely related to, yet distinct from, compassion fatigue, which can be defined as the emotional and physical exhaustion that health care workers can experience when exposed to prolonged periods of high emotional stress while caring for patients.

Christian Guilherme Capobianco dos Santos, Martins Fideles dos Santos Neto, Stela Regina Pedroso Vilela Torres de Carvalho, Márcia Regina Furlani, Cíntia Canato Martins, Emerson Roberto Santos, João Daniel Souza Menezes, Matheus Querino da Silva, Loiane Letícia Santos, Thaysa Castro Molina, Natalia Almeida de Arnaldo Silva Rodriguez Castro, Helena Cristóvão., Randolfo Santos Júnior, Vânia MS Brienze, Alba Regina de Abreu Lima, Patricia da Fucuta, Denise Vaz-Oliani, Neide Aparecida Domingos, Maria Cristina Miyazaki, Gerardo Araújo Filho, Júlio César André

JMIR Res Protoc 2025;14:e66360


Breath-Focused Mindfulness and Compassion Training in Parent-Child Dyads: Pilot Intervention Study

Breath-Focused Mindfulness and Compassion Training in Parent-Child Dyads: Pilot Intervention Study

Yet, all of these studies have examined the efficacy of mindfulness or compassion-based intervention separately applied to parents or children but not as cotraining.

Satish Jaiswal, Jason Nan, Seth Dizon, Jessica O Young, Suzanna R Purpura, James K Manchanda, Dhakshin Ramanathan, Dennis J Kuo, Jyoti Mishra

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e69607


Exploring Compassionate Care in Virtual Rehabilitation: Qualitative Study

Exploring Compassionate Care in Virtual Rehabilitation: Qualitative Study

In the rehabilitation setting, compassion is important for person-centered, empathetic care [18]. Although the importance of compassion in a rehabilitation setting is well recognized, there is very limited information on how compassion is communicated when the process is virtual.

Parminder Flora, Angela Tobia, Lee Verweel, Bernice Lau, Janet Campbell, Arezoo Eshraghi, Steven Dilkas, Roger Goldstein, Patricia Raulino, Crystal MacKay

JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol 2025;12:e59157


The Lived Experience of Participating in Online Peer-To-Peer Groups After Acquired Brain Injury: Phenomenological Study

The Lived Experience of Participating in Online Peer-To-Peer Groups After Acquired Brain Injury: Phenomenological Study

They could also share insights based on a long-term perspective, and they often conveyed compassion and hope to support the self-compassion of others. ...Then I wrote, if I won’t be able to drive again, then I got tips and advice there. And many who had to wait, and some did not get it (driver’s license) back at all.

Malin Tistad, Lill Hultman, Annica Wohlin Wottrich, Lena von Koch

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e67658


Digital Mindfulness Training for Burnout Reduction in Physicians: Clinician-Driven Approach

Digital Mindfulness Training for Burnout Reduction in Physicians: Clinician-Driven Approach

In addition, a meta-analysis found that MT also increases self-compassion in health care providers, with moderate to high effect sizes [45]. Self-compassion involves being touched by one’s own distress and being motivated to alleviate it with kindness and understanding [46,47]. It has been theorized that self-compassion is pertinent to physicians’ well-being at work and care for patients [48], as it was inversely associated with burnout and empathy fatigue among health care professionals [49-52].

Lia Antico, Judson Brewer

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e63197


The Relationship Between Self-Compassion and Resilience in the General Population: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The Relationship Between Self-Compassion and Resilience in the General Population: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

One such potential protective factor is self-compassion [16]. Self-compassion refers to treating oneself with warmth and kindness in the face of failures, personal inadequacies, or adversities [17]. According to the self-compassion framework developed by Neff [18], self-compassion contains six components distributed across three dimensions, which are (1) self-kindness versus self-judgment, (2) common humanity versus isolation, and (3) mindfulness versus over-identification.

Xinyi Li, Melina Aikaterini Malli, Theodore D Cosco, Guangyu Zhou

JMIR Res Protoc 2024;13:e60154


Patient and Provider Experiences With Compassionate Care in Virtual Physiatry: Qualitative Study

Patient and Provider Experiences With Compassionate Care in Virtual Physiatry: Qualitative Study

This potentially puts providers at higher risk for burnout and compassion fatigue [18], especially concerning given that physiatrists are the third most burnt out medical specialty in North America [19]. The widespread implementation of virtual care presents an opportune time to explore the emerging intersection of compassion and telemedicine.

Marina B Wasilewski, Abirami Vijayakumar, Zara Szigeti, Amanda Mayo, Laura Desveaux, James Shaw, Sander L Hitzig, Robert Simpson

J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e51878