ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026
Who takes care of those who care? A pilot study of psychological counseling for residents working in a paediatric hospital.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Medical residency in paediatric settings is characterized by intense emotional demands, heavy workloads, and limited opportunities for reflective processing, placing residents at increased risk for psychological distress and impaired functioning. This pilot study explored changes associated with participation in a brief psychological counseling (approximately five sessions plus follow-up, tailored to individual needs), delivered to 26 paediatric residents assessed at intake (T0), post-intervention (T1), and follow-up (T2). Participants completed self-report measures assessing psychological distress, symptoms, functioning, and academic engagement, and provided qualitative feedback through a satisfaction questionnaire. Significant improvements emerged over time in psychological well-being, symptoms, and functioning, with changes maintained at follow-up. More than half of participants reported clinically relevant distress at intake, whereas clinically significant improvement emerged only at follow-up. In contrast, academic engagement showed limited variation, with significant changes observed only in peer relationships. Qualitative feedback indicated high satisfaction with the service, perceived usefulness in managing emotional and professional challenges, and a desire for longer or ongoing support. Overall, findings suggest that brief psychological counseling may represent a feasible and potentially beneficial resource for paediatric residents and was associated with improvements in psychological well-being and reflective functioning within high-intensity clinical environments.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.