Balint groups for improving the ability of doctors and medical students to manage the doctor–patient relationship: a systematic review, quantitative meta-analysis and qualitative meta-synthesis of intervention studies
Balint groups may contribute to improving doctor‒patient relationships. We suggest caution and advocate for multicenter large-sample randomized controlled trials with low risk-of-bias design to avoid evidence bias.
Authors
- Lijun Dong
- Leonard Shan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2162-2565)
- Xiaomei Cui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7450-2669)
- Zhengfen Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3028-9426)
- Chi Quan He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6403-1277)
- Luxinyi Xu
- Yuli Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1364-8562)
- Dongmei Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0509-3221)
- Yu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7413-4816)
- Yuan Yao
Institutions
- Jiaxing University (CN)
- Shaoxing City Women and Children Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-08072-z
- Primary Topic
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Wenzhou Medical University