Clinical skills development for healthcare practitioners working with patients with persistent physical symptoms (PPS) in healthcare settings: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

Table 2 Study demographics of included studies

Reference		Country	Level of Care	Participants
Reference		Country	Level of Care	HCPs	Profession	Patients
1	Abrahamsen et al. (2022) [29]	Norway	Primary	IG (n = 8) CG (n = 0)	GPs	n = 0
2	Frostholm et al. (2005) [21]	Denmark	Primary	IG (n = 18) CG (n = 20)	GPs	IG (n = 778) CG (n = 734)
3	Houwen et al. (2022) [30]	The Netherlands	Primary	IG (n = 31) CG (n = 0)	GP Residents	n = 0
4	Morriss et al. (2006, 2007, 2010) [20, 31, 32]	UK	Primary	IG (n = 35) CG (n = 40)	GPs (n = 74) Nurse (n = 1)	IG (n = 66) CG (n = 75)
5	Schaefert et al. (2013) [33]	Germany	Primary	IG (n = 18) CG (n = 17)	GPs	IG (n = 170) CG (n = 153)
6	Weiland et al. (2015) [22]	The Netherlands	Secondary	IG (n = 62) CG (n = 61)	Residents (n = 74) Specialists (n = 49)	IG (n = 229) CG (n = 220)

Abbreviations: HCPs (Healthcare Practitioners), IG (Intervention Group), CG (Control Group), GP (General Practitioner)

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