Table 1.
Search
| Database | Search terms | Comments | Number of results |
|---|---|---|---|
| PubMed | ("ai"[Title/Abstract] OR "artificial intelligence"[Title/Abstract] OR "algorithm*"[Title/Abstract] OR "machine intelligence"[Title/Abstract] OR "machine learning"[Title/Abstract] OR "computer reasoning"[Title/Abstract] OR "computer vision system*"[Title/Abstract]) AND ("doctor patient relation*"[Title/Abstract] OR "physician patient relation*"[Title/Abstract] OR empathy[Title/Abstract] OR compassion[Title/Abstract] OR "therapeutic relation*"[Title/Abstract] OR "therapeutic alliance"[Title/Abstract]) | 4 searches were conducted using variations of this query (e.g., switching doctor patient into patient doctor) | 910 |
| PhilPapers | ai OR artificial intelligence OR machine and patient doctor relationship OR empathy OR compassion | Does not allow the same number of search terms as the other databases. 3 searches were conducted using variations of this query (e.g., replacing doctor patient relationship with therapeutic alliance) | 299 |
| SCOPUS | ("ai"[Title/Abstract] OR "artificial intelligence"[Title/Abstract] OR "algorithm*"[Title/Abstract] OR "machine intelligence"[Title/Abstract] OR "machine learning"[Title/Abstract] OR "computer reasoning"[Title/Abstract] OR "computer vision system*"[Title/Abstract]) AND ("doctor patient relation*"[Title/Abstract] OR "physician patient relation*"[Title/Abstract] OR empathy[Title/Abstract] OR compassion[Title/Abstract] OR "therapeutic relation*"[Title/Abstract] OR "therapeutic alliance"[Title/Abstract]) | 4 searches were conducted using variations of this query (e.g., switching doctor patient into patient doctor) | 1870 |
| WebofScience | TS = ((ai OR "artificial intelligence" OR algorithm* OR "machine intelligence" OR "machine learning")) AND TS = (("doctor patient relation*" OR "physician patient relation*" OR empathy OR compassion)) | Search results were too wide using the same query as PubMed and WebofScience. Narrowed it down to the most relevant/key concepts. 4 searches were conducted using variations of this query (e.g., switching doctor patient into patient doctor) | 1619 |
| Google Scholar | ai OR artificial intelligence OR machine and patient doctor relationship OR empathy OR compassion | The 150 first (most relevant) results were considered | 150 |