title: [Prevalence of uterine fibroids in France and impact on quality of life: results of a survey among 2500 women between 30-55 years].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the prevalence of symptomatic uterine fibroid in France, related symptoms and its impact on quality of life.
  
  
  METHODS
  Online prospective survey from December 2012 to February 2013 using two questionnaires on 2498 women aged between 30 and 55 years old and representatives of the feminine population.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On the studied population, 220 women presented a symptomatic uterine fibroid representing a prevalence of 8.8%. 163 women (73.7%) presented bleedings associated or not with pain, and 58 (26.3%) suffered from pain only. For 77 (34.9%) women, the symptoms preceded the diagnostic and the mean delay between first symptoms and diagnostic was 2.22 years (ET : 3.56). At the time of the survey, 144 (65%) women with symptomatic uterine fibroid were followed by a physician (a gynecologist in 91.6% (n=132)), and 110 (49.7%) evaluated their pain as severe or extremely severe and 178 (80.6%) were bothered by their symptoms in their everyday life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This analysis shows a strong prevalence for symptomatic uterine fibroid with a major impact on the quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Service de gynécologie obstétrique, CHU Bicêtre, AP-HP, 78, rue du Général-Leclerc, 94270 Le-Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Université Paris-Sud, 63, rue Gabriel-Péri, 94270 Le-Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Inserm U1018 « reproduction et développement de l'enfant », 82, rue du Général-Leclerc, 94270 Le-Kremlin-Bicêtre, France. Electronic address: herve.fernandez@bct.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.affiliation: Service de gynécologie obstétrique, hôpital Tenon, AP-HP, 4, rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France; UPMC Paris 06, 75006 Paris, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chabbert Buffet
authors.affiliation: Gedeon Richter France, division santé de la femme, 1-3, rue Caumartin, 75009 Paris, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Allouche
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: Fibrome utérin; Prevalence; Prévalence; Quality of life; Qualité de vie; Uterine fibroid