title: [Experience of ectopic pregnancy].
abstract: This survey relates to the experience and the management of women who have received a treatment for an ectopic pregnancy. It is based on 31 clinical interviews, conducted a month after the end of surgical or medical treatment. Among these women, 42% had had previous treatment for sterility. The main results show that 16% had never previously heard of ectopic pregnancy, and 29% do not see any reason why they had had one. For the patients, the diagnosis had not been made early enough: 45% feel that the consequences could have been serious if they had not taken the matter seriously themselves. Women clearly express some strong feeling against the health professionals (74%) who were responsible for their medical care, in spite of the attention they received, which reveals the psychological trauma they suffered. Although 55% of women felt depressed, for some of them the ectopic pregnancy seemed to operate as an exorcism from a previous more serious situation. They place their hope in a future pregnancy under close medical supervision. When it appears necessary, psychological support should be offered to these patients.
authors.affiliation: Unité de recherche INSERM U292, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicètre.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bachelot
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Job-Spira
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Vécu de la grossesse extra-utérine.