Department of Anaesthesia, Trafford Hospitals, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
BJOG. 2012 Dec;119(13):1606-11. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.12004. Epub 2012 Oct 10.
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.
Case-control study.
A large central London teaching hospital.
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.
The women completed a questionnaire containing the Sexual Quality of Life-Female (SQOL-F) questionnaire.
SQOL-F score.
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.
FGM significantly reduces women's sexual quality of life, based on the results of the SQOL-F questionnaire.
调查行女性外阴残割（FGM）女性的性生活质量，并与未行 FGM 的类似女性进行比较。
病例对照研究。
伦敦一家大型教学医院。
共 73 名曾行 FGM 的女性和 37 名未行 FGM 但来自类似行 FGM 文化背景的对照女性。
女性填写包含女性性生活质量问卷（SQOL-F）的问卷。
SQOL-F 评分。
任何类型 FGM 的女性的总体 SQOL-F 评分均显著低于对照组（均值=62.44，标准差=27.93 对均值=88.84，标准差=13.73；P<0.001）。性活跃且行 III 型 FGM 的女性与性活跃对照组的 SQOL-F 评分差异最大（P<0.05）。未行 FGM 的性不活跃女性的总体 SQOL-F 评分显著低于性不活跃对照组（P=0.015），但 FGM 类型未导致差异。
基于 SQOL-F 问卷的结果，FGM 显著降低了女性的性生活质量。
