Prevalence of Female Circumcision Among Young Women in Beni-Suef, Egypt

Woman Abuse Clinical Trial

— FC  

Official title:

Prevalence of Female Circumcision Among Young Women in Beni-Suef, Egypt. A Cross-sectional Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03381612
• Other study ID #: Beni-Suef 14
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 8, 2017
• Last updated: December 18, 2017
• Start date: April 3, 2017
• Est. completion date: July 15, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: December 2017
• Source: Beni-Suef University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Female circumcision (FC) is a deeply-rooted practice in Egypt with deblitating physical and psychological consequences, however the previous two decades witnessed sincere efforts to counterfight this practice. The objective of this study is to investigate the prevalence of circumcision among young women (12-25 years) in Beni-Suef , Egypt.

Description:

This cross-sectional study was conducted on a total of 3353young women residing urban and rural quraters in Beni-Suef City. Data was collected usinga questionnaire that included information about the socio-demographic charcteristics of the women, their gynecological data, exposure to FC, and complaints associated with menses during the previous year.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 3353
• Est. completion date: July 15, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: July 15, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 12 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Young women aged 12 to 25 years living in Beni-Suef city of Egypt. the urban Metropolitan of Beni-Suef City was classified according to the socioeconomic level of its quarters to low, middle, and high levels. Out of each level, one quarter was selected randomly, by a card withdrawal, where households residing these quarters were chosen using a random start. For the rural villages surrounding the urban Metropolitan, three villages were selected randomly; one on the road to the North, one on the road to the West, and the last one on the road tothe South. Each village was clustered roughly into two sites; one to the East of the water channel and one to the West of the same water channel

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women from other places in Egypt.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Woman Abuse

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Beni-Suef University	Cairo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Beni-Suef University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

References & Publications (3)

Burstyn L. Female circumcision comes to America. The Atlantic Monthly. 1995; pp 28-35.

Moustafa T. Conflict and cooperation between the state and religious institutions in contemporary Egypt. International Journal of Middle East Studies 2000; 32:3-22.

Sayed GH, Abd el-Aty MA, Fadel KA. The practice of female genital mutilation in upper Egypt. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 1996 Dec;55(3):285-91. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	working status measured by a questionnaire	For data collection, a questionnaireof two sections was prepared;the first section included socio-demographic data, social status, working status and educational level,age at menarche, menstrual cycle duration and flow days, in addition to exposure to circumcision. The second section includedquestions about the manifestations associated with menses and average duration of dysmenorrhea	One year
Primary	Gynecological manifestations measured by a questionnaire.	A questionnaire included questions about the manifestations associated with menses and average duration of dysmenorrhea during the previous year.	one year
Secondary	social status measured by a questionnaire	A questionnaire included questions about age at menarche, social, educational and work status.	one year