Impact of genital mutilation on sexual function in a cohort of women from upper Egypt

Objective: To investigate the impact of genital mutilation on the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in a cohort of Upper Egyptian women. Study design: This was a case–control hospital-based descriptive study Patients and methods: A questionnaire was used for data collection from 320 participants with genital mutilation (cases) and 320 participants without genital mutilation (controls) from March to June 2015. Assessment of participant’s sexual function was performed using an Arabic version of the female sexual function index (FSFI). Results: Only about 15 and 40% of the participants in the case group and the control group, respectively, had no sexual dysfunction. The mean total FSFI score was 22.39±3.15 and 32.78±4.11 and the mean number of domains denoting a particular sexual dysfunction was 5.22±0.74 and 3.17±0.52 for the case and control groups, respectively (P
Source: Journal of Evidence-Based Women’s Health Journal Society - Category: OBGYN Tags: Original articles Source Type: research