Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies
Date Submitted: Oct 11, 2022
Open Peer Review Period: Oct 11, 2022 - Dec 6, 2022
Date Accepted: Mar 8, 2023
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Clitoral Therapy Device in Alleviating Sexual Dysfunction After Female Genital Mutilation: a randomized controlled trial.
ABSTRACT
Background:
: Female genital mutilation is considered as a crime that still practiced till now in Africa and Middle East despite all the laws that incriminate this procedure due to its permanent hazards on women physically and psychologically.
Objective:
to find out the influence of clitoral therapy device on improving sexual domains in women suffering from sexual dysfunction after female genital mutilation.
Methods:
Eighty married females, with age range from 20 to 45 years old referred from the Gynecology outpatient clinic of Faculty of Medicine, Suez University with sexual dysfunction resulting from female genital mutilation and were divided into two equal groups. Study group received Clitoral Therapy Device and traditional psychosexual education and were closely followed for three months, while control group received traditional psychosexual education only for three months. Arabic Female Sexual Function Index Questionnaire (FSFI) assessed sexual outcomes pre- and post- treatment in the two groups.
Results:
Findings revealed a significant increase in the six domains of Arabic Female Sexual Function Index post-treatment in both groups compared with that pre-treatment (p>0.001) except orgasm domain in control group; there was non-significant increase with that pre-treatment (p>0.05).
Conclusions:
Clitoral therapy device may be effective, safe, non-invasive rehabilitation method of sexual dysfunction that followed female genital mutilation. Clinical Trial: ID: (NCT05039775)
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