Reducing the Number of Intrusive Memories of Work-Related Traumatic Events in Frontline Health Care Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Series
These preliminary findings suggest that this brief therapist-guided imagery-competing task intervention offers a potential approach to mitigating the impact of work-related traumatic events in frontline health care staff, both during a pandemic and beyond. Randomized controlled trials will be an important next step.
Authors
- Marie Kanstrup (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2060-5288)
- Craig Steel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1643-516X)
- Sally Beer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0988-3458)
- Emily A. Holmes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7319-3112)
- Michelle L. Moulds (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7064-4248)
- Melanie Darwent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0600-0020)
- Liza Keating (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9028-2520)
- Lalitha Iyadurai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9957-2214)
- Veronika Kubickova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1629-4931)
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Human Factors
- Published
- 2024-09-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/55562
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.64
Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- University of Oxford
- AFA Försäkring
- Vetenskapsrådet