Trial reportMolecular psychiatry2023
Treating intrusive memories after trauma in healthcare workers: a Bayesian adaptive randomised trial developing an imagery-competing task intervention.
Trial report in Molecular psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04992390 (A Randomised Optimisation Study of a Brief Digital Imagery-competing Task Intervention to Support NHS ICU Staff Experiencing Intrusive Memories of Traumatic Events From Working in the COVID-19 Pandemic), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Randomised Optimisation Study of a Brief Digital Imagery-competing Task Intervention to Support NHS ICU Staff Experiencing Intrusive Memories of Traumatic Events From Working in the COVID-19 Pandemic
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental methods for modulating intrusive memories following lab-analogue trauma exposure in non-clinical populations.Nature human behaviour · 2024Pooled it
- A digital imagery-competing task intervention for stopping intrusive memories in trauma-exposed health-care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: a Bayesian adaptive randomised clinical trial.The lancet. Psychiatry · 2026Trial
- A guided single session intervention to reduce intrusive memories of work-related trauma: a randomised controlled trial with healthcare workers in the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC medicine · 2024Trial
- Effect of Motor Interference Therapy on Distress Related to Traumatic Memories: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Feasibility Trial.Brain and behavior · 2024Trial
- The effect of a visuospatial interference intervention on posttraumatic intrusions: a cross-over randomized controlled trial.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Trial
- Reducing intrusive memories after trauma via an imagery-competing task intervention in COVID-19 intensive care staff: a randomised controlled trial.Translational psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Cumulative trauma, neural circuits, and burnout: an integrative model of healthcare worker post-traumatic stress syndromes.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Review
- Reducing Intrusive Trauma Memories Using a Brief Mental Imagery Competing Task Intervention: Case Series of Trauma-Exposed Women in Iceland.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- "They are no longer really flashbacks; they are memories": a qualitative study of women's experiences of a brief intervention targeting childbirth-related intrusive memories.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- A qualitative study on the delayed manifestation of night shift-related intrusive memories in non-shift nurses with a history of night shift work.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- AI-guided digital intervention with physiological monitoring reduces intrusive memories after experimental trauma.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Characterisation of intrusive memories and prediction from memory-related genes and cognitive and emotional factors.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The effectiveness and adaptiveness of suppressing unwanted thoughts.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2025Review
- Adaptive designs for trials aiming to optimise implementation strategies and the effect of an additional interim analysis: a simulation study.BMC medical research methodology · 2025Article
- Experimental designs used for optimising the effects of health interventions and implementation strategies: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- A summary review of the development of using a brief imagery-competing task intervention (ICTI) for reducing intrusive memories of psychological trauma: applications in healthcare settings for both staff and patients.Discover mental health · 2025Review
- Reducing the Number of Intrusive Memories of Work-Related Traumatic Events in Frontline Health Care Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Series.JMIR human factors · 2024Article
- Potential strategies for supporting mental health and mitigating the risk of burnout among healthcare professionals: insights from the COVID-19 pandemic.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Review
- Developing a Brief Cognitive Task Intervention to Reduce Long-Standing Intrusive Memories of Trauma: A Feasibility Study With Remote Delivery for Women in Iceland.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2024Article
- Using a Novel Gameplay Intervention to Target Intrusive Memories After Work-Related Trauma: Iterative Qualitative Analysis of Intensive Care Unit Staff Experiences.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
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Abstract
Intensive care unit (ICU) staff continue to face recurrent work-related traumatic events throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Intrusive memories (IMs) of such traumatic events comprise sensory image-based memories. Harnessing research on preventing IMs with a novel behavioural intervention on the day of trauma, here we take critical next steps in developing this approach as a treatment for ICU staff who are already experiencing IMs days, weeks, or months post-trauma. To address the urgent need to develop novel mental health interventions, we used Bayesian statistical approaches to optimise a brief imagery-competing task intervention to reduce the number of IMs. We evaluated a digitised version of the intervention for remote, scalable delivery. We conducted a two-arm, parallel-group, randomised, adaptive Bayesian optimisation trial. Eligible participants worked clinically in a UK NHS ICU during the pandemic, experienced at least one work-related traumatic event, and at least three IMs in the week prior to recruitment. Participants were randomised to receive immediate or delayed (after 4 weeks) access to the intervention. Primary outcome was the number of IMs of trauma during week 4, controlling for baseline week. Analyses were conducted on an intention-to-treat basis as a between-group comparison. Prior to final analysis, sequential Bayesian analyses were conducted (n = 20, 23, 29, 37, 41, 45) to inform early stopping of the trial prior to the planned maximum recruitment (n = 150). Final analysis (n = 75) showed strong evidence for a positive treatment effect (Bayes factor, BF = 1.25 × 10
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