| TR | Therapeutic Relationship |
| PCC | Person-Centered Care |
| WB | The World Bank |
| WHO | The World Health Organization |
| PCIC | People-Centered and Integrated Health Care |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| CNKI | China National Knowledge Internet Database |
| CBM | China Biology Medicine disc |
| GRADE | The Grading of Recommendations: Assessment, Development, and Evaluation |
| HWP | Healthcare worker Perspective |
| PP | Patient Perspective |
| TIP | Therapeutic Interaction Perspective |
| OR | Odds Ratio |
| PDRQ | Patient-Doctor Relationship Questionnaire |
| DDPRQ | Difficult Doctor-Patient Relationship Questionnaire |