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The association between Female Genital Mutilation and sexual dysfunction during pregnancy - pilot study

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Background: Female sexual dysfunction is considered one of the ignored consequences associated with female genital mutilation. Female genital mutilation is estimated to be done for 200 million females in Africa and Asia. Objectives: This study aimed at assessing the effect of female genital mutilation on sexual dysfunction among pregnant females. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study conducted over a 6-month period. Participants were recruited from three outpatient clinics at Kasralainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University. A total of 206 eligible pregnant females were asked to fill El-Gilany socio-economic status scale and the Arabic version of the Female Sexual Function Index, then the individual domains and the total scores were calculated. Results: The results showed that female genital mutilation among women is inversely proportionate to their level of education (P-value 0.02). Female Sexual Function Index results revealed that the most affected domain of sexual dysfunction was the lubrication and satisfaction domains. However, no statistically significant difference between the two groups in all other domains as well as the total Female Sexual Function Index scores. Conclusion: The current study concluded that there is no difference in sexual function between circumcised and non-circumcised pregnant females regarding the prevalence and indicators.

DOI

10.21608/efmj.2022.77837.1073

Keywords

Keywords: Female genital mutilation, female sexual dysfunction, Pregnancy

Authors

First Name

Eman

Last Name

Sedik

MiddleName

Elsayed

Affiliation

family medicine department- Cairo university- Egypt

Email

emanelsayed@kasralainy.edu.eg

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Orcid

0000-0003-0267-2129

First Name

marwa

Last Name

ahmed

MiddleName

mostafa

Affiliation

family medicine department, Cairo university, Egypt

Email

marwamostafa@kasralainy.edu.eg

City

giza

Orcid

0000-0002-5461-7861

First Name

Rasha

Last Name

Alkholy

MiddleName

Saad

Affiliation

family medicine department- Cairo university- Egypt

Email

rashaalkholy@kasralainy.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-0283-9569

First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Said

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Family medicine department, school of medicine, Cairo university

Email

marwapay@hotmail.com

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-

Orcid

0000-0003-0257-3729

Volume

5

Article Issue

2

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29748

Issue Date

2021-11-01

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2021-06-21

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2021-11-01

Page Start

118

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128

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2356-9581

Online ISSN

2356-959X

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https://efmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_212514.html

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1,063

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The Egyptian Family Medicine Journal

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https://efmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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The association between Female Genital Mutilation and sexual dysfunction during pregnancy - pilot study

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22 Jan 2023