Consensus on the characteristics that comprise compassion from researchers in the field

A four phase Delphi process was conducted: (1) Literature review of contemporary research in the field (2) Engaging stakeholders with an open ended questionnaire (n=9); (3) content analysis of open ended questionnaire results and synthesis with literature to form Round 2 questionnaire; (4) gaining consensus on key characteristics of the expression and receipt of compassion via a two round Delphi approach (Round 1 n=8; Round 2 n=6)本研究采用四阶段德尔菲（Delphi）法开展研究：（1）针对该领域的当代研究展开文献综述；（2）采用开放式问卷对利益相关方进行调研（样本量n=9）；（3）对开放式问卷的结果开展内容分析，并结合已有文献进行综合归纳，以此形成第二轮调研问卷；（4）通过两轮德尔菲法（第一轮n=8，第二轮n=6），就共情表达与共情接收的核心特征达成共识。