title: Sexual quality of life in women who have undergone female genital mutilation: a case-control study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the sexual quality of life of women who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) and compare them with a similar group who has not undergone FGM.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case-control study.
  
  
  METHODS
  A large central London teaching hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 73 women who had undergone FGM and 37 control women, who had not undergone FGM but were from a similar cultural background where FGM is practiced.
  
  
  METHODS
  The women completed a questionnaire containing the Sexual Quality of Life-Female (SQOL-F) questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  SQOL-F score.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women who have undergone FGM of any type have a significantly lower (P < 0.001) overall SQOL-F score than control women (mean = 62.44, SD = 27.93 versus mean = 88.84, SD = 13.73). Women who were sexually active and had undergone FGM type III differed the most from sexually active controls (P < 0.05) in their SQOL-F score. Women who were sexually inactive but who had undergone FGM reported significantly lower overall SQOL-F scores (P = 0.015) than sexually inactive controls, but were not differentiated by type of FGM.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  FGM significantly reduces women's sexual quality of life, based on the results of the SQOL-F questionnaire.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Trafford Hospitals, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK. stefan.andersson@nhs.net
authors.forename: S H A
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rymer
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Joyce
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Momoh
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Gayle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara / Q000208:ethnology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D019093:Circumcision, Female / Q000009:adverse effects*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000209:etiology*; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires