Table 3 Knowledge, attitudes and detection of cases according to gender, age and profession
Age (n 293) | Gender (n 307) | Professionals (n 321) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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≤35 (n 43) | 36–50 (n 69) | > 50 (n 181) | p | Male (n 77) | Female (n 230) | GPs (n 123) | Paediatricians (n 25) | Nurses (n 146) | Midwives (n 11) | Social workers (n 13) | p | |||||||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
Knowledge | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Correctly identify | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Concept and types of FGM | 9 | 20.9 | 16 | 23.2 | 43 | 23.8 | 17 | 22.1 | 54 | 23.5 | 29 | 23.6 | 8 | 32 | 25 | 17.1 | 8 | 72.7 | 3 | 23 | 0.001 | |
Prevalence countries | 1 | 2.3 | 4 | 5.8 | 8 | 4.4 | 5 | 6.5 | 10 | 4.4 | 13 | 37.2 | 6 | 17.1 | 13 | 37.1 | 1 | 2.7 | 2 | 5.7 | ||
Legislation | 8 | 18.6 | 16 | 23.2 | 59 | 32.6 | 21 | 27.3 | 66 | 28.7 | 40 | 43 | 10 | 10.7 | 33 | 35.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 3 | 3.2 | ||
Protocol of action | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8.70 | 12 | 6.63 | 4 | 5.2 | 18 | 7.8 | 3 | 2.4 | 7 | 28.0 | 3 | 2.1 | 5 | 45.5 | 3 | 23.1 | < 0.001 | |
Reasons for conducting FGM | < 0.001 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tradition and customs | 5 | 11.6 | 27 | 39.1 | 71 | 39.2 | 28 | 36.4 | 85 | 37 | 53 | 44.2 | 8 | 6.7 | 49 | 40.8 | 4 | 3.3 | 5 | 4.2 | ||
Religious reasons | 11 | 25.6 | 5 | 7.3 | 6 | 3.3 | 5 | 6.5 | 19 | 8.3 | 8 | 33.3 | 1 | 4.2 | 15 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tradition and religious reasons | 20 | 46.5 | 28 | 40.6 | 74 | 40.9 | 31 | 40.3 | 93 | 40.4 | 45 | 34.6 | 14 | 10.7 | 59 | 45.4 | 3 | 2.3 | 7 | 5.4 | ||
Tradition and marriage opportunities | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4.4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5.2 | 11 | 4.8 | 5 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 53.3 | 2 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Other | 4 | 9.3 | 6 | 8.7 | 21 | 11.6 | 9 | 11.7 | 22 | 9.6 | 12 | 37.5 | 2 | 6.3 | 15 | 46.9 | 2 | 6.3 | 1 | 3.1 | ||
Training received | 7 | 16.3 | 8 | 11.6 | 30 | 16.5 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 16.1 | 14 | 11.3 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 63.6 | 2 | 15.3 | 0.006 | |
Proper traininga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8.1 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 | < 0.001 | |
Attitudes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Educate and sensitize | 39 | 90.7 | 59 | 85.5 | 163 | 90.1 | 68 | 88.3 | 206 | 89.6 | 110 | 89.4 | 24 | 96 | 124 | 84.9 | 11 | 100 | 13 | 100 | ||
Condemn and report | 25 | 58.1 | 26 | 37.7 | 71 | 39.2 | 31 | 40.3 | 93 | 40.4 | 46 | 39.8 | 11 | 44 | 62 | 42.5 | 3 | 27.3 | 5 | 38.5 | ||
Educate and report | 21 | 48.8 | 21 | 30.4 | 64 | 35.4 | 27 | 35.1 | 81 | 35.2 | 45 | 36.6 | 10 | 40 | 49 | 33.6 | 3 | 27.3 | 5 | 38.5 | ||
Control | 10 | 23.3 | 30 | 43.5 | 66 | 36.5 | 28 | 36.4 | 82 | 35.7 | 46 | 37.4 | 13 | 52 | 46 | 31.5 | 2 | 18.2 | 4 | 30.8 | ||
Detection | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Have detected any case of FGM | 2 | 4.7 | 3 | 4.4 | 8 | 4.4 | 3 | 3.9 | 11 | 4.8 | 4 | 3.3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3.4 | 4 | 36.4 | 1 | 7.7 | < 0.05 | |
Correctly identify cases at risk | 17 | 39.5 | 21 | 30.4 | 63 | 34.8 | 30 | 39 | 78 | 33.9 | 35 | 28.5 | 11 | 44 | 51 | 34.9 | 6 | 54.6 | 5 | 38.5 | ||