Evolution of Anxiety Disorder Prevalence and Associated Factors in First Responders in Both the Medium and Long Terms after the January 2015 Terrorist Attacks in France
Table 1
Description of sociodemographics, terror exposure, and anxiety disorders among first responders exposed to the January 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, France, IMPACTS survey, 2015-2016.
All respondents
Medical and medicopsychological emergency teams
Firefighters
Rescue workers
Police officers and intervention forces
value1
(%)
(21%)
(27%)
(33%)
(18%)
Age (years)
Mean (range)
37 (19-70)
44 (25-70)
35 (22-54)
32 (19-52)
40 (26-55)
Gender
0.009
Man
124 (69)
20 (53)
42 (86)
40 (68)
21 (64)
Woman
56 (31)
18 (47)
7 (14)
19 (32)
12 (36)
Educational level
0.028
≤ High school diploma
50 (28)
12 (32)
16 (33)
8 (14)
13 (39)
> High school diploma
130 (72)
26 (68)
33 (67)
51 (86)
20 (61)
Level of exposure
<0.001
Indirect witness
109 (61)
21 (55)
33 (67)
40 (68)
14 (42)
Direct witness
63 (35)
17 (45)
16 (33)
19 (32)
11 (33)
Directly threatened
8 (4)
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—
—
8 (24)
Mental health (wave 1)2
No anxiety disorder
147 (84)
28 (80)
42 (88)
49 (83)
27 (84)
0.800
At least one anxiety disorder
28 (16)
7 (20)
6 (12)
10 (17)
5 (16)
Agoraphobia
14 (8)
Social anxiety disorder
2 (1)
General anxiety disorder
10 (6)
Panic disorder
1 (1)
Missing data
5
3
1
—
1
Mental health (wave 2)
No anxiety disorder
154 (86)
32 (84)
42 (86)
50 (85)
30 (91)
0.900
At least one anxiety disorder
26 (14)
6 (16)
7 (14)
9 (15)
3 (9)
Agoraphobia
19 (11)
Social anxiety disorder
1 (1)
General anxiety disorder
4 (2)
Panic disorder
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1Pearson’s chi-squared test. 2Wave 1 refers to the first survey wave, and wave 2 refers to the second.
