Lead Author: KANTE Ibrahim Ousmane
Co-Author(s): BOCOUM Amadou, COULIBALY Ahmadou, KOUMA Aminata, SIMA Mamadou, TEGUETE Ibrahima, THERA Tiounkani Augustin, TRAORE Mamadou Salia, TRAORE Soumana Oumar, TRAORE Youssouf
Published by: Health Sciences and Diseases
Year published: 2020
This study aims at describing the harmful effects of female genital mutilation / excision (FGM / E) on sexual functions. It was carried out in the obstetrics department CHU Point G. It was a case/control study. The case was the excised woman and the control was the non-excised woman. The study lasted sixteen months, from 01/01/2019 to 04/30/2020. It included primiparas from 14 to 49 years old, excised or not. All women participating to the study gave their consent. The sample size was calculated based on the case/control sample. Data collection was done on individual questionnaires. Among 1,518 deliveries during the study period, there were 266 women with FGM/E. The age group most represented was 14-19, or 51.1% in the cases and controls. The Bambara (34.6%) and Songhai’s (31.1%) were the main ethnic groups in the cases and the controls. Illiterate mothers (57.8%) and those with limited to secondary level education (59.3%) were mostly represented. Type 3 circumcision accounted for 12% of cases.
There were 78.9% of psycho-sexual complications in the excised women against 7.5% in the non-excised and that difference was statistically significant (P <0.05). In conslusion, FGM is still a frequent practice in Mali. It causes significant psychosexual complications and measures must be taken to control the situation.
