Table 3.

Intervention, psychological outcomes, and follow-up in the 10 included studies.

No.	References	Intervention		Other outcomes than self-compassion*							Follow-up
		Length of intervention in total (hr)	Daily homework (min)	Mindfulness	Stress	Burnout	Quality of life	Mental well-being	Resilience	Others
1	Maratos et al. (2019)	15 (6 × 2.5-h sessions)	0		✓	✓				Anxiety, Depression, Self-criticism/-reassurance	None (pre-assessments at 2-month and 1-week)
2	Sansó et al. (2019)	3 (3 × 1-h sessions)	0	✓			✓			Interpersonal reactivity	None
3	Smith et al. (2019)	Not reported	0					✓			None
4	Delaney (2018)	20 (8 × 2.5-h sessions)	Assigned but details unreported	✓			✓		✓		None
5	Rao and Kemper (2017)	1 (1-h session)	0							Confidence in caregiving	None
6	Sansó et al. (2017)	42 (10 × 4-h sessions + 1 × 2-h session)	Assigned but details unreported	✓						Self-care	6 months
7	Scarlet et al. (2017)	16 (8 × 2-h sessions)	20	✓		✓				Fear of compassion, job satisfaction, interpersonal conflict	1 month
8	Suyi et al. (2017)	12 (6 × 2-h sessions)	30	✓	✓	✓				Compassion for others	3 months
9	Beshai et al. (2016)	11.25 (9 × 1.25-h sessions)	25	✓	✓			✓			None
10	Pidgeon et al. (2014)	13 (2.5 h + 1 h + 2.5 h + 2.5 h + 1 h +1 h + 2.5 h)	0	✓					✓		1 and 4 months

^*All studies assessed self-compassion (see Table 2).