Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03381612
Prevalence of Female Circumcision Among Young Women in Beni-Suef, Egypt
Prevalence of Female Circumcision Among Young Women in Beni-Suef, Egypt. A Cross-sectional Study
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 3,353 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Beni-Suef University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 12 Years – 25 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
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.
Detailed 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.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-04-03
- Primary completion
- 2017-07-15
- Completion
- 2017-07-15
- First posted
- 2017-12-22
- Last updated
- 2017-12-22
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Egypt
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03381612. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.