Table 1. Associations between Trust in the Health Care Professional and Health Outcome stratified according to the Outcome Dimension.

Analysis	N of studies (patients)	r	95% CI	p	τ2	Publication bias
						Egger test (p)	Fail-safe N	Trim & Fill test
Overall	47 (34 817)	0.24	0.19, 0.29	<0.001	0.03	<0.001	9 328	0.24
Objective	15 (7 867)	-0.02	-0.08, 0.03	0.430	0.01	0.518	0	-0.02
Observer-rated	2 (706)	0.10	-0.16, 0.36	0.445	0.04	-	-	-
Subjective, self-rated	42 (30 943)	0.30	0.24, 0.35	<0.001	0.04	<0.001	10 532	0.30
Behaviour	21 (26 642)	0.14	0.10, 0.19	<0.001	0.01	0.010	1 857	0.14
Experience	29 (10 229)	0.37	0.27, 0.47	<0.001	0.09	0.226	23 39	0.37
Satisfaction	15 (5 141)	0.57	0.49, 0.64	<0.001	0.04	0.636	8 007	0.57
HRQoL	5 (1 816)	0.18	0.14, 0.22	<0.001	<0.01	0.134	93	0.17
Symptom-related	13 (4 285)	0.13	0.04, 0.22	0.004	0.02	0.333	263	0.13

Note. Study is used as the the unit of analysis. Ns of Subanalysis (objective, observer-rated and subjective, self-rated) do not add up to 34 817, since several studies included more than one outcome. r = correlation; CI = confidence interval; τ² = variability between studies;— = no estimate provided due to small number of included studies; HRQoL = health-related quality of life.