READ ME File For 'Empathico Ethnicity Prolific Data' Dataset Date that the file was created: March, 2025 ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- ReadMe Author: Felicity Bishop, University of Southampton https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8737-6662 Date of data collection: 2023 Information about geographic location of data collection: Collected online, recruited participants in UK Related projects: Empathica; TIP2 -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse: Bona fide researchers, subject to registration and ethical approval may request supporting data from the University of Southampton repository. Recommended citation for the data: Authors (2025). Empathico Ethnicity Prolific Data. University of Southampton Dataset. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D3588 This dataset supports the publication: AUTHORS: Qingyan He, Rui Du, Saniya Belgi, Greg J Neil, Hazel A Everitt, Felicity L Bishop TITLE: Ethnicity and clinical empathy in primary care consultations: a web-based experiment JOURNAL: BJGP Open PAPER DOI IF KNOWN: Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: N/A Links/relationships to ancillary or related data sets: N/A -------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW -------------------- This dataset contains: One file: Empathico Qualtrics Ethnicity Dataset for Sharing.sav Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: Potentially indentifying data have been removed: date of completion, free text data. Potentially identifiable small categories have been merged to form larger categories for these variables: age, education, OA involvement, gender. If data was derived from another source, list source: N/A If there are there multiple versions of the dataset, list the file updated, when and why update was made: N/A -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Data were collected via Qualtrics online survey from UK adults sourced from the Prolific participant pool. Methods are described in the linked publication above. Methods for processing the data: Data were downloaded from Qualtrics, cleaned, and imported into IBM SPSS version 28 (IBM Corp, Armonk, NY). Records of people who viewed the Qualtrics survey page but did not enter any data, and those who were screened out (as reported in the linked publication) have been removed. Software- or Instrument-specific information needed to interpret the data, including software and hardware version numbers: Data file created using IBM SPSS version 28 (IBM Corp, Armonk, NY). Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: N/A Environmental/experimental conditions: A 2x4 between-participants experiment was hosted online and completed by participants recruited from an online participant pool. The independent variables were: participant ethnicity (4 levels: Black British, Caucasian, East Asian, South Asian); and consultation style (2 levels: enhanced, with high levels of empathy and optimism; standard, with limited empathy and optimism). Participants were randomised (stratified by ethnicity) to watch one of four films, which represented all combinations of consultation style and GP-patient gender: enhanced consultation (high empathy and optimism), enacted by a male GP and male patient; enhanced consultation, enacted by a female GP and female patient; standard consultation (limited empathy and optimism), enacted by a male GP and male patient; and standard consultation, enacted by a female GP and female patient. The dependent variable was participant perceptions of clinician empathy, measured by the CARE completed after watching the randomly allocated consultation film. Covariates were consultation gender (female patient and female GP; male patient and male GP) and participant gender (female; male). Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: Values checked for legitimacy. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Felicity Bishop; Qingyan He. -------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION -------------------------- Number of variables: 25 Number of cases/rows: 274 Variable list, defining any abbreviations, units of measure, codes or symbols used: Variable Name “Label” {Values} P_number "Participant number" None Health_Condition_ "In general, would you say your health is:" {1, Excellent; 2, Very good; 3, Good; 4, Fair; 5, Poor} Participant_Gender "Participant gender" {1, Male; 2, Female} Participant_Age_Categorised "Participant age" {1.00, 18-29; 2, 30-39; 3, 40-49; 4, 50-59; 5, 60-69; 6, 70-79} Participant_Education_Categorised "Highest educational achievement" {1.00, School level or below; 2, University level (e.g., BA); 3, Postgraduate (e.g., MA, PhD)} Particpant_Ethnicity "Participant ethnicity" {1.00, Black British; 2, White Caucasian; 3, East Asian; 4, South Asian} Any_OA "Participant has OA or cares for someone with OA (or both)" {.00, no; 1, yes} CARE_Score "Total score on CARE items" None CARE_1 "Making the patient feel at ease…… (being friendly and warm towards the patient, treating the patient with respect; not cold or abrupt)" {0, Does Not Apply; 1, Poor; 2, Fair; 3, Good; 4, Very Good; 5, Excellent} CARE_2 "Letting patient tell his/her “story”…… (giving patient time to fully describe his/her illness in his/her own words; not interrupting or diverting him/her)" {0, Does Not Apply; 1, Poor; 2, Fair; 3, Good; 4, Very Good; 5, Excellent} CARE_3 "Really listening …… (paying close attention to what the patient was saying; not looking at the notes or computer as he/she was talking)" {0, Does Not Apply; 1, Poor; 2, Fair; 3, Good; 4, Very Good; 5, Excellent} CARE_4 "Being interested in the patient as a whole person … (asking/knowing relevant details about his/her life, his/her situation; not treating him/her as “just a number”)" {0, Does Not Apply; 1, Poor; 2, Fair; 3, Good; 4, Very Good; 5, Excellent} CARE_5 "Fully understanding the patient’s concerns…… (communicating that he/she had accurately understood the patient’s concerns; not overlooking or dismissing anything)" {0, Does Not Apply; 1, Poor; 2, Fair; 3, Good; 4, Very Good; 5, Excellent} CARE_6 "Showing care and compassion….(seeming genuinely concerned, connecting with the patient on a human level; not being indifferent or “detached”)" {0, Does Not Apply; 1, Poor; 2, Fair; 3, Good; 4, Very Good; 5, Excellent} CARE_7 "Being Positive…… (having a positive approach and a positive attitude; being honest but not negative about patient’s problems)" {0, Does Not Apply; 1, Poor; 2, Fair; 3, Good; 4, Very Good; 5, Excellent} CARE_8 "Explaining things clearly…….. (fully answering patient’s questions, explaining clearly, giving him/her adequate information; not being vague)" {0, Does Not Apply; 1, Poor; 2, Fair; 3, Good; 4, Very Good; 5, Excellent} CARE_9 "Helping the patient to take control…… (exploring with the patient what he/she can do to improve his/her health himself/herself; encouraging rather than “lecturing” the patient)" {0, Does Not Apply; 1, Poor; 2, Fair; 3, Good; 4, Very Good; 5, Excellent} CARE_10 "Making a plan of action with the patient … (discussing the options, involving he/she in decisions as much as the patient wants to be involved; not ignoring his/her views)" {0, Does Not Apply; 1, Poor; 2, Fair; 3, Good; 4, Very Good; 5, Excellent} Experimental_Condition "Experimental_Condition" {1.00, Male GP, Empathic; 2, Male GP, Standard; 3, Female GP, Empathic; 4, Female GP, Standard} Male_Empathic "Experimental_Condition_Male_Empathic" {1.00, Male Empathic; 0, Other} Male_Standard "Experimental_Condition_Male_Standard" {1.00, Male Standard; 0, Other} Female_Empathic "Experimental_Condition_Female_Empathic" {1.00, Female Empathic; 0, Other} Female_Standard "Experimental_Condition_Female_Standard" {1.00, Female Standard; 0, Other} GP_Gender "Experimental_Condition_GP_Gender" {1.00, Male; 2, Female} Consultation_style "Experimental_Condition_Consultation_style" {1.00, Empathic; 2, Standard} Missing data codes: None Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: CARE = Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) measure GP = general practitioner OA = osteoarthritis