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Table 2 Overview of the retained papers

From: The role of emotion in clinical decision making: an integrative literature review

First author, year

Country

Study design

Participant type (e.g., nurses) and number

Explicit CDM Model

Explicit Emotion/EI Model

Aspect/s of Decision making investigated

Alba, 2016 [67]

USA

Quantitative: correlational

Nurses (n = 182)

No

No

Ethical DM/intuition

Alexander et al., 2014 [68]

USA

Quantitative: descriptive

Physicians; Nurses (n = 71)

No

No

Evidence of Palliative Care providers’ compassionate response to patient emotional distress

Arevalo et al., 2013 [69]

Netherlands

Quantitative: cross-sectional

Nurses (n = 277)

No

No

Nursing role in end of life CDM

Bach et al., 2009 [49]

Canada

Qualitative: grounded theory

Nurses (n = 14)

No

No

Nursing role in end of life CDM

Bryon et al., 2012 [50]

Belgium

Qualitative: grounded theory

Nurses (n = 21)

No

No

Nurses’ CDM in relation to artificial nutrition or hydration for patients with dementia

Calvin et al., 2007 [51]

USA

Qualitative: Descriptive

Nurses (n = 12)

No

No

CDM during change of intensity of care/ end of life care

Chaffey et al., 2010 [52]

Australia

Qualitative: grounded theory

Occupational Therapists (n = 9)

Yes

No

Understanding and use of intuition in mental health practice

Courtenay et al., 2009 [71]

England

Mixed methods

Nurse prescribers (n = 40)

No

No

Communication; awareness of patient emotion in decision making

Gallagher et al., 2015 [53]

Brazil, UK, Germany, Ireland and Palestine

Qualitative: grounded theory

ICU nurses (n = 51)

No

No

ICU nurses’ end of life CDM practices in different cultural contexts

Harun et al., 2015 [54]

UK

Qualitative: thematic analysis

Dermatologists (n = 40)

No

No

Clinical and non-clinical influences on discharge decision making

Hov et al., 2009 [55]

Denmark

Qualitative: Phenomenology

Nurses (n = 14)

No

No

end of life CDM

Islam et al., 2015 [56]

USA

Qualitative: cognitive task analysis

Expert infectious disease physicians (n = 10)

Yes (proposed)

No

Cognitive mechanisms and complexity

Kim et al., 2016 [57]

Korea

Qualitative: content analysis

Nurses (n = 32)

No

No

Residential care CDM to preserve abilities in functional decline

Lafrance Robinson et al., 2015 [70]

Canada

Quantitative: cross-sectional survey

Clinicians from various disciplines (n = 305)

No

Iatragenic Maintenance Model & Therapist Drift Model

Negative influence of own and colleague’s emotions on CDM

McAndrew et al., 2015 [58]

USA

Qualitative: grounded theory

Nurses; Physicians (n = 7; 4)

No

No

end of life care

McBee et al., 2015 [59]

USA (army)

Mixed methods: experimental (IVs) and constant comparative approach

Physicians (n = 10)

Situated cognition

No

Effect of contextual factors on CDM

McLemore et al., 2015 [60]

USA

Qualitative: thematic analysis

Nurses (n = 25)

No

No

Abortion-related care, ethical CDM

Novick et al., 2015 [61]

Canada

Qualitative: constructivist grounded theory

Surgeons (n = 14)

No

No

Decision to call for expert assistance

Smith et al., 2010 [62]

Australia

Qualitative: hermeneutics

Physiotherapists (n = 14)

No

No

Effect of clinician experience on CDM in respiratory care

Stolper et al., 2009 [63]

Netherlands

Focus groups

GPs (n = 28)

Yes (proposed)

No

‘Gut feelings’ in diagnostic/prognostic processes

Stolper et al. B, 2009 [64]

Netherlands

Delphi consensus

GPs (n = 27)

No

No

Gathering consensus on ‘gut feelings’ in CDM

Tallentire et al., 2011 [65]

UK

Qualitative: grounded theory

Junior physicians (n = 36)

No

No

Factors affecting behaviour of newly qualified doctors

Tentler et al., 2008 [66]

USA

Qualitative: focus groups/RCT

Primary care physicians (n = 22)

No

No

doctors prescribing behaviours in response to patients’ requests for anti-depressants