Trial reportBMC surgery2025
Acceptance and commitment therapy- based intervention to improve psychological skills and resilience in surgical trainees: a randomised waitlist-controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03759795 (Ameliorating the Impact of Complications and Errors on Surgeons), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.
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Ameliorating the Impact of Complications and Errors on Surgeons: Resilience Training for Surgeons.
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1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Preliminary findings from a brief psychodynamic counseling program for university staff: users' psychological characteristics and implications for the program's utility.Research in psychotherapy (Milano) · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundHigh levels of burnout, psychological distress and suicidal ideation are well documented in surgeons. The need for supporting wellbeing of surgical trainees and preparing them for the inevitable occupational stress have also been identified in the literature. ACT-based interventions have been successfully utilised in other populations to help develop psychological skills and improve wellbeing. However, there has been no research focusing on such interventions for surgical trainees. Therefore, this randomised controlled trial (RCT) examined the impact of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) based intervention on key psychological skills and wellbeing outcomes in surgical trainees.
methodsSurgical trainees (n = 68) were randomised to a three-session ACT-based intervention or waitlist control group. Validated scales were used to measure change in psychological skills (values consistency, psychological flexibility) and wellbeing outcomes (resilience, self-compassion and emotional distress) pre, during and post intervention, and at 3-month follow-up.
resultsTwo-factor mixed analyses of variance (ANOVAs) with post hoc pairwise comparisons indicated significant improvements in values consistency (p <.001), resilience (p <.001) and self-compassion (p <.001) for the ACT-based intervention compared with controls from baseline to follow-up. No such improvements were observed for psychological flexibility or emotional distress.
conclusionsThis RCT suggests that a short ACT-based intervention is useful for surgical trainees, showing promise in facilitating improvements in values consistency, resilience and self-compassion. Future research is needed to explore the scalability of such interventions, as well as the potential need for more tailored mindfulness training within such trainings, to specifically target psychological flexibility and reduce emotional distress.
trial registrationPreregistered with CLINICALTRIALS.gov Protocol Registration and Results System, NCT03759795, first posted 30
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