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. 2023 Sep 1;13:290. doi: 10.1038/s41398-023-02578-0

Fig. 3. Boxplots showing number of intrusive memories of traumatic events.

Fig. 3

The midline of each boxplot is the median value, with the upper and lower limits of the box being the third and first quartile (75th and 25th percentile), and the whiskers covering 1.5 times the interquartile range (IQR). The dots depict outliers (each dot represents one participant that departed by more than 1.5 times the IQR above the third quartile and below the first quartile). All outliers are included in this figure. Further to a version of this figure presented in Ramineni et al. [1], we now include the secondary outcome measure (week 8 data for the delayed arm i.e., data after the delayed arm receive access to the intervention for four weeks), as well as inclusion of a participant in the immediate arm who only completed the baseline measure. A Baseline measure for each arm. Number of intrusive memories of traumatic events recorded by participants in a brief daily online intrusive memory diary for 7 days during the baseline week for both arms (black = delayed arm; n = 39: usual care for four weeks; yellow = immediate arm; n = 37: immediate access to the intervention following the baseline week), showing that the two arms did not differ at baseline (i.e., before the intervention was provided to either arm). B Primary outcome measure for each arm. Number of intrusive memories of traumatic events recorded by participants in the daily online intrusive memory diary for 7 days during week 4 for each arm (black = delayed arm; n = 39: usual care for 4 weeks; yellow = immediate arm; n = 36: immediate access to the intervention following the baseline week). The intervention consisted of a cognitive task involving a trauma reminder-cue plus Tetris® computer gameplay using mental rotation plus symptom monitoring. The immediate access arm had fewer intrusive memories at week 4 compared to the delayed arm, and the number of intrusive memories for the immediate arm decreased between the baseline week and week 4. C Secondary outcome measure for the delayed intervention arm. Number of intrusive memories of traumatic events recorded by participants in a brief daily online intrusive memory diary for 7 days during week 8 for the delayed arm (black; n = 32: usual care for four weeks followed by access to the intervention for 4 weeks), showing that the number of intrusive memories decreased between week 4 and week 8.