Reducing the Number of Intrusive Memories of Work-Related Traumatic Events in Frontline Health Care Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frontline health care staff are frequently exposed to traumatic events as part of their work. Although this study commenced before the emergence of COVID-19, levels of exposure were heightened by the pandemic. Many health care staff members report intrusive memories of such events, which can elicit distress, affect functioning, and be associated with posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in the long term. We need evidence-based interventions that are brief, preventative, nonstigmatizing, suitable for the working lives of frontline health care staff, and effective for repeated trauma exposure. A brief, guided imagery-competing task intervention involving a trauma reminder cue and Tetris gameplay may hold promise in this regard, given evidence that it can prevent and redu

SUBMITTER: Kubickova V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11612583 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature