Consequences of Female Genital Mutilation on Married Women.

Assiut University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Female Genital Mutilation

Treatments: Other: Socioeconomic scale (A.El Gilany, A.El Wehady and M.El Wasify); Other: Minnesota Multiphasic personality Inventory (MMPI); Other: Mini international neuropsychiatric interview (MINI); Other: The Symptom Check-List-90-R (SCL-90-R); Other: Hamilton depression rating scale (HDRS); Other: Hamilton anxiety rating scale (HARS); Other: The female sexual function index (FSFI)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06027281

Consequences of FGM

Details and patient eligibility

About

To assess psychiatric, social and sexual consequences of female genital mutilation on married women.

Full description

World Health Organization (WHO) defined female genital mutilation (FGM) as ''all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.

Many countries throughout the globe perform it: Western, Eastern, and North-Eastern Africa, particularly Egypt and Ethiopia, and in parts of Asia and the Middle East (nearly half of its cases are in Egypt and Ethiopia).

Moreover, the prevalence of girls and women with FGM/C is also rising in Western countries due to migration flows.

The adverse physical consequences of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) have been thoroughly investigated and documented. Yet, we know little about the adverse mental health consequences of the practice.

Also, few systematic reviews have addressed the impact of the practice on psycho-social well-being, and there is limited understanding of what these consequences might consist.

Throughout Egypt, many studies have been conducted to determine the pattern and prevalence of FGM, but those studied the risks of FGM and its effect on women's sexual life are scare.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Married females aged 18-50 years.

Exclusion criteria

• Women who have any chronic disease as diabetes or hypertension.
• Women who have any physical or mental handicap.
• Women who have any psychiatric disorder prior to marriage.
• Women who refuse participation in the study.

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Married women who had female genital mutilation

Treatment:

Other: The female sexual function index (FSFI)

Other: The Symptom Check-List-90-R (SCL-90-R)

Other: Mini international neuropsychiatric interview (MINI)

Other: Socioeconomic scale (A.El Gilany, A.El Wehady and M.El Wasify)

Other: Minnesota Multiphasic personality Inventory (MMPI)

Other: Hamilton depression rating scale (HDRS)

Other: Hamilton anxiety rating scale (HARS)

Married women who didn't have female genital mutilation

Treatment:

Other: The female sexual function index (FSFI)

Other: The Symptom Check-List-90-R (SCL-90-R)

Other: Mini international neuropsychiatric interview (MINI)

Other: Socioeconomic scale (A.El Gilany, A.El Wehady and M.El Wasify)

Other: Minnesota Multiphasic personality Inventory (MMPI)

Other: Hamilton depression rating scale (HDRS)

Other: Hamilton anxiety rating scale (HARS)