title: [Impact of media alerts on contraceptive pills medication].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The end of 2012 was marked by some media alerts regarding combined hormonal contraceptives (CHC) and lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies selling these birth control pills. In this study, we analyzed whether these information had an impact on the number of abortion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective study determining the number of women asking for abortion and who spontaneously declare that the contraception defect was due to an abandon of their oral contraception as they were scared of some information they received from media about the medication.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eleven centers out of 16 did participate to the study, allowing the study of 2300 abortion during this time frame. Ninety-eight of these pregnancies (4.2%) were due to an interruption of the contraceptive treatment as a consequence of media alerts. Average age was 26 years old. Within these pregnancies, 4 (6%) started in December 2012, 3 months after the beginning of the alerts, 11 (16%) in January, 24 (36%) in February and 18 (27%) in March 2013 (4-6 months later). In 7 cases (10%) CHC stopped by fear of information reported by media were of 2nd generation, in 17 cases (25%) of 3rd generation, in 32 cases (48%) of 4th generation and microprogestative in 2 cases (3%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Women who declared that they stopped their birth control medication by fear of information reported in media, represented 4% of the number of abortions performed between 2013 February 18th and 2013 April 30th.
authors.affiliation: Service de gynécologie-obstétrique et médecine de la reproduction, hôpital Antoine-Béclère, AP-HP, 92140 Clamart, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pozzi-Gaudin
authors.affiliation: Service de gynécologie-obstétrique et médecine de la reproduction, hôpital Antoine-Béclère, AP-HP, 92140 Clamart, France. Electronic address: xavier.deffieux@abc.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Deffieux
authors.affiliation: Service de gynécologie-obstétrique et médecine de la reproduction, hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP, 92110 Bondy, France; Service de gynécologie-obstétrique et médecine de la reproduction, hôpital Bichat, AP-HP, 75018 Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Davitian
authors.affiliation: Centre d'orthogénie, hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, 75014 Paris, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guerre
authors.affiliation: Centre d'orthogénie, hôpital Trousseau, hôpitaux universitaires Est Parisien, AP-HP, 75012 Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Faucher
authors.affiliation: Centre d'orthogénie, hôpital Louis-Mourrier, AP-HP, 92700 Colombes, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bacle
authors.affiliation: Centre d'orthogénie, hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, 75014 Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teboul
authors.affiliation: Centre d'orthogénie, hôpital Avicenne, AP-HP, 93009 Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Larmignat
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Pierre-Rouquès-Les-Bluets, 75012 Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatchuel
authors.affiliation: Service de gynécologie-obstétrique et médecine de la reproduction, hôpital Antoine-Béclère, AP-HP, 92140 Clamart, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benachi
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D000328:Adult; D003268:Contraception Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D003277:Contraceptives, Oral, Combined / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003278:Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008402:Mass Media; D011247:Pregnancy; D011275:Pregnancy, Unwanted; D011446:Prospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D003277:Contraceptives, Oral, Combined; D003278:Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal
keywords: Abortion; Alerte médiatique; Contraception; IVG; Media alert; Peur de la pilule; Pill; Pill scare; Pilule