Intimate Partner Violence as a Risk Factor for Venous Thromboembolism in Women (WAST-VTE)

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

Status

Completed

Conditions

Venous Thrombosis

Treatments

Other: WAST questionnaire

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05890924

Local/2023/JCG-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The frequency of violence against women, or intimate partner violence (IPV) is more and more underlined and recognized as a cofactor favoring certain somatic and psychic pathologies. However, its incidence in patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) is unknown and its status as a risk factor is still elusive and ambiguous.

Investigators therefore conducted a matched case-control study consisting of women taking combined oral contraceptives (COC) who were investigated and followed up between 2010 and 2020.

The cases are the patients investigated for their first venous thromboembolic event, The controls were women free of thrombosis who had regular gynecological checkups. Case-control pairs were matched on region of residence, age (+/- 2 years), duration of COC intake (+/- 4 months), COC type (2nd, 3rd or 4th generation).

Enrollment

997 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Patients: first venous thromboembolic event associated with the intake of combined oral contraceptives
Controls: regular follow-up of their combined oral contraception
Patient-Control pairs matched on region of residence, age, duration of COC intake, type of COC.