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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Sex Orientat Gend Divers. 2018 Jul 9;5(4):471–481. doi: 10.1037/sgd0000296

Table 1.

Transphobia-related rejection sensitivity in healthcare (TRS-H) measure.

Each of the items below describes situations that people encounter in healthcare settings. Sometimes these situations occur because a person is transgender or gender non-conforming, sometimes they occur for other reasons. Some people are concerned about these situations and others are not. Please imagine yourself in each situation and indicate how you would feel if this situation happened to you because you are transgender or gender non-conforming.
1. You have to provide a urine sample for a routine health exam. When you ask the medical assistant where the bathroom is, she tells you where the unisex bathroom is located.
How likely is it that the medical assistant told you where the unisex bathroom is located because you are transgender or gender non-conforming? Very Unlikely Very Likely
1 2 3 4 5
How concerned/anxious would you be if the medical assistant told you where the unisex bathroom is located because you are transgender or gender non-conforming? Very Unconcerned Very Concerned
1 2 3 4 5

2. You switch to a new primary care doctor and he recommends that you get a full physical exam even though you had a physical exam last year.
How likely is it that your doctor recommended you get a full physical exam because you are transgender or gender non-conforming? Very Unlikely Very Likely
1 2 3 4 5
How concerned/anxious would you be if your doctor recommended you get a full physical exam because you are transgender or gender non-conforming? Very Unconcerned Very Concerned
1 2 3 4 5

3. You are going to have surgery and the doctor tells you that he would like to give you an HIV test.
How likely is it that the doctor would like to give you an HIV test because you are transgender or gender non-conforming? Very Unlikely Very Likely
1 2 3 4 5
How concerned/anxious would you be if the doctor would like to give you an HIV test because you are transgender or gender non-conforming? Very Unconcerned Very Concerned
1 2 3 4 5

4. You go to the emergency room with terrible pains in your abdomen. Five other people arrive after you and all of them are seen before you are.
How likely is it that five other people were seen before you were because you are transgender or gender non-conforming? Very Unlikely Very Likely
1 2 3 4 5
How concerned/anxious would you be if five other people were seen before you were because you are transgender or gender non-conforming? Very Unconcerned Very Concerned
1 2 3 4 5

5. You ask your primary care doctor for a referral to a good surgeon. She says she will call you in one week with a referral, but she does not.
How likely is it that your doctor does not call you with the referral because you are transgender or gender non-conforming? Very Unlikely Very Likely
1 2 3 4 5
How concerned/anxious would you be if your doctor does not call you with the referral because you are transgender or gender non-conforming? Very Unconcerned Very Concerned