Mistrust Among Rescue Workers After the Terrorist Attack in Berlin in 2016 - Gender-Specific Health Inequality

Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2023 May 15:17:e394. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2023.77.

Abstract

Objectives: In this single-case-by-group comparison, we examine whether previously found cisgender differences in paranoid ideation after a terror attack are also seen in a transgender male emergency worker.

Methods: Sixty emergency personnel who were exposed to the 2016 terror attack in Berlin were evaluated 3 to 4 and 21-25 mo after the attack.

Results: On paranoid ideation, the transgender male showed higher scores than cisgender males (+2 standard deviations [SD]) and the overall group (+1 SD).

Conclusions: This underpins the previously identified gender effects. It would be useful to consider specified pre- and postdeployment modules that take cis- and transgender differences into account.

Keywords: emergency responders; mental health; paranoid ideation; terrorist attack; transgender.

MeSH terms

  • Berlin
  • Health Status Disparities
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Terrorism*
  • Transgender Persons*