Supplementary file 1_Digital compassion fatigue and digital empathy in healthcare: mapping the evidence and informing a human-centered clinical framework.docx

Among these challenges, Digital Compassion Fatigue (DCF) and Digital Empathy have emerged as closely related but conceptually distinct constructs. Despite increasing interest in both concepts, their theoretical relationship, defining characteristics, and implications for healthcare practice have not previously been synthesized within a unified framework.</p>Objective<p>To synthesize the emerging literature on Digital Compassion Fatigue and Digital Empathy, map the current evidence base, identify conceptual and measurement gaps, and develop an evidence-informed Human-Centered Clinical Framework to guide research, education, leadership, and digitally mediated healthcare practice.</p>Methods<p>This scoping review followed the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology and was reported according to the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR).

Eligibility criteria were based on the Population–Concept–Context (PCC) framework. Evidence sources were identified through comprehensive searches of six electronic databases, supplemented by Google Scholar, backward reference-list screening, and forward citation tracking. Eligible evidence sources were charted and synthesized using descriptive and narrative approaches.</p>Results<p>The review included 41 evidence sources spanning concept analyses, empirical studies, qualitative studies, scoping reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and theoretical or framework papers.