Table 1 Sociodemographic and professional characteristics, knowledge, attitudes and interest related to FGM among the study participants.
2001 | 2004 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |
Distributed questionnaires | 280 | 296 | ||
Returned questionnaires | 225 | 80% | 184 | 62% |
Gender | ||||
Males | 63 | 28.0 | 50 | 27.2 |
Females | 155 | 68.9 | 131 | 71.2 |
Unknown | 7 | 3.1 | 3 | 1.6 |
Age (years) | ||||
20 – 40 | 54 | 24.0 | 58 | 31.5* |
41 – 50 | 121 | 53.8 | 80 | 43.5* |
> 50 | 44 | 19.5 | 42 | 22.8 |
Unknown | 6 | 2.7 | 4 | 2.2 |
Professional group | ||||
General medicine | 162 | 72.0 | 140 | 79.6 |
Paediatrics | 42 | 18.7 | 27 | 15.3 |
Gynaecology | 18 | 8.0 | 5 | 2.8* |
Unknown | 3 | 1.3 | 4 | 2.3 |
Speciality | ||||
General or Family Medicine | 77 | 34.2 | 70 | 38.0 |
Gynaecology | 7 | 3.1 | 4 | 2.2 |
General Nursing | 85 | 37.8 | 70 | 38.0 |
Paediatric Nursing | 22 | 9.8 | 15 | 8.2 |
Paediatrician | 20 | 8.9 | 12 | 6.5 |
Midwife | 11 | 4.9 | 1 | 0.5 |
Social worker | - | - | 8 | 4.4 |
Unknown | 3 | 1.3 | 4 | 2.2 |
Correctly identified | ||||
FGM typology | 100 | 45.2 | 70 | 40.0 |
Countries of FGM | 42 | 23.9 | ||
Have detected some case | 13 | 5.9 | 30 | 16.3* |
Attitudes | ||||
Ignore | 2 | 0.9 | 0 | 0,0 |
Educate | 112 | 49.8 | 57 | 31.0* |
Report to authorities | 40 | 17.8 | 44 | 23.9* |
Educate and report | 71 | 31.5 | 83 | 45.1* |
Interest | 173 | 82.4 | 115 | 82.7 |