Table 1.

Scales used to measure HCP communication skills

Abbreviation	Name of scale	Studies included in review that used scale	Validation reference (if any)
Com‐on	COMmunication challenges in ONcology	Goelz 2009	Stubenrauch 2012
CRCWEM	Cancer Research Campaign Workshop Evaluation Manual	Razavi 1993; Razavi 2002; Razavi 2003	Booth 1991
CSRS	Communication Skills Rating Scale	Wilkinson 2008	Wilkinson 1991
HPSD	Harvard Third Psychosociological Dictionary	Razavi 2002
LaComm	LaComm	Gibon 2011; Lienard 2010; Razavi 2002	Gibon 2010 http://www.lacomm.be/index.php
MIARS	Medical Interview Aural Rating Scale	Heaven 2006	Heaven 2001
MIPS	Medical Interaction Process System	Fallowfield 2002	Ford 2000
MRID	Martindale Regressive Imagery Dictionary	Razavi 2002
PCCM	Patient Centred Communication Measure	Stewart 2007	Brown 1995
QUOTE	Quality of Care through Patient's Eyes	van Weert 2011	van Weert 2009
RIAS	Roter Interaction Analysis System	Kruijver 2001	http://www.riasworks.com/background.html Roter 2002; Ong 1998