Les économies de la promesse anti-âge. Le cas de la DHEA

Dalgalarrondo, Sébastien; Hauray, Boris

doi:10.1684/sss.2015.0201

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“…While the controversy over HCQ is not the first nor the last to emerge surrounding a new but ultimately disappointing treatment [46] , [47] , it received enormous media coverage in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in France. After the scientific consensus on the inefficacy of HCQ was reached, public health authorities issued statements that were clear and readily available, but that received little attention in public debates.…”

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Does the public know when a scientific controversy is over? Public perceptions of hydroxychloroquine in France between April 2020 and June 2021

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Objectives In the early stages of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, chloroquine and its derivatives such as hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) were widely commented upon both within the scientific community and in the media. This paper explores the different factors that influenced public perceptions in France of the efficacy of HCQ as well as their evolution between April 2020 and June 2021. Methods This article draws on 5 surveys conducted among representative samples of the French population (projects COCONEL and TRACTRUST; quota method, n = 1006; 1004; 2006; 1014 and 1005). We asked questions on the effectiveness of chloroquine against COVID-19. We also collected sociodemographic variables and attitudes toward politics and science. Results Between April and June 2021, the proportion of respondents who believed in the efficacy of HCQ decreased rapidly from 35% to 14%. The proportion of respondents who believed that HCQ is ineffective rose gradually from 6% to 21%. After adjusting for the temporal effect, the logistic regression showed a very strong association between political orientation and the belief in the efficacy of HCQ. Respondents who felt closest to the more radical parties (far-right and far-left) were more likely to believe in the efficacy of HCQ than those who felt closest to the political center (O.R. 2.48 [1.95–3.15] and 1.87 [1.44–2.43]). The role of trust in the government and in science and of the degree of political engagement were investigated in the two waves conducted after the scientific consensus was established during the summer of 2020. High levels of trust in the government and in science and of politicization are associated with belief of HCQ proven inefficacy. Across the whole period, a majority of respondents were uncertain. Even in 2021, 41.5% stated that the data were insufficient to decide whether or not HCQ is effective and 25.2% stating that they did not know. Conclusion Because media coverage of scientific controversies is higher in times of uncertainty than after these controversies have died down, the publicization of therapeutic promises can have lasting consequences on attitudes towards science and medicine.

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Does the public know when a scientific controversy is over? Public perceptions of hydroxychloroquine in France between April 2020 and June 2021

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“…These benefits mostly concerned a sub-population: women over the age of 70. Although the media did allude to certain limits of the results of the DHEAge study, they mainly used the rhetoric of great scientific discoveries (Dalgalarrondo and Hauray, 2015b). The daily newspaper Libération, for example, published an article under the title "A new lease on life for the youth hormone," which stated "The first results of a long study show that DHEA improves the state of elderly people in good health."…”

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“…As a consequence, researchers claims on DHEA anti-aging properties appeared in a society that was overwhelmingly permeable to this hope. More specifically, journalists' well-known tendency to sensationalize the significance of research results (Nelkin, 1987)-for example, through the rhetoric of the "great breakthrough" and the widespread use of metaphors such as "the fountain of youth pill"-and promoters' complementary efforts to legitimize this contested avenue of research were influential in the dynamics of the DHEA promise (Dalgalarrondo and Hauray, 2015b). However, underlying the existence of a favorable normative environment and exhibiting the content of promissory claims (metaphors, scenarios, etc.)…”

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Incarnation and the dynamics of medical promises: DHEA as a fountain of youth hormone

Hauray

Dalgalarrondo²

2018

Health (London)

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For more than a decade, the sociology of hope and expectations has gained growing influence in the social studies of health, medicine, and healthcare. This literature has stressed the role of representations of the future-through images, metaphors, theories, or visions-in the medical sector and analyzed the translation of these discursive contents into social practices and organizations. This article builds on these results and intends to explore a dimension that has received less attention: the incarnation of medical promises. Looking at the evolving case of a particular molecule, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)-which has been promoted from the mid-1990s onwards as a "fountain of youth" pill-, we emphasize that testimonies by and portrayals of those who are undergoing a treatment with uncertain risks and benefits, and representations of their bodies in the media, can play a key role in the performativity of a medical promise. We analyze this incarnation as a specific "form of veridiction" and stress its normative dimension. This leads us to underline how evidence-based medicine and experiential knowledge-which are often analyzed as two opposite sources of information-can intricate and give rise to the same incarnation dynamics.

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“…La GN s'appuie principalement sur une logique préventive et porte une « promesse médicale » (Dalgalarrondo et Hauray, 2015). En affinant la connaissance des facteurs de risque et en proposant des recommandations personnalisées, elle promet aux individus une meilleure maîtrise de leur santé et une plus grande anticipation de leur avenir (et de celui de leur descendance).…”

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Poulain

2017

Nat. Sci. Soc.

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Les économies de la promesse anti-âge. Le cas de la DHEA

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Does the public know when a scientific controversy is over? Public perceptions of hydroxychloroquine in France between April 2020 and June 2021

Does the public know when a scientific controversy is over? Public perceptions of hydroxychloroquine in France between April 2020 and June 2021

Incarnation and the dynamics of medical promises: DHEA as a fountain of youth hormone

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Les économies de la promesse anti-âge. Le cas de la DHEA

Cited by 10 publications

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Does the public know when a scientific controversy is over? Public perceptions of hydroxychloroquine in France between April 2020 and June 2021

Does the public know when a scientific controversy is over? Public perceptions of hydroxychloroquine in France between April 2020 and June 2021

Incarnation and the dynamics of medical promises: DHEA as a fountain of youth hormone

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