Table 1.
Sociodemographic and background information
| Variable | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 31.5 ± 7.5 (range = 19–54) |
| BMI | 24.59 ± 5.37 (range = 15.2–39.0) |
| < 18.5 (underweight) | 10 (8.0) |
| 18.5–24.9 (normal weight) | 68 (54.8) |
| 25.0–29.9 (overweight) | 23 (18.6) |
| ≥ 30.0 (obesity) | 23 (18.6) |
| Time spent in Switzerland | 6.4 ± 7.4 years (range = 13 days–30 years) |
| < 1 year | 28 (22.5) |
| 1–2 years | 18 (14.5) |
| 2–3 years | 11 (8.9) |
| 3–4 years | 10 (8.1) |
| 4–5 years | 10 (8.1) |
| > 5 years | 47 (37.9) |
| Pregnancy at the time of the study | 43 (34.7) |
| 1st trimester | 4 (9.3) |
| 2nd trimester | 23 (53.5) |
| 3rd trimester | 16 (37.2) |
| Type of FGM/C | |
| Type I | 9 (7.2) |
| Type II | 41 (33.1) |
| Type III, defibulated | 40 (32.3) |
| Type III, infibulated | 34 (27.4) |
| Age at FGM/C | |
| < 1 year old | 35 (28.2) |
| 1–5 years old | 16 (12.9) |
| 6–10 years old | 40 (32.3) |
| > 10 years old | 11 (8.9) |
| Unknown | 22 (17.7) |
| Previous defibulation (ntot = 74) | |
| Yes, in labour | 23 (31.1) |
| Yes, during pregnancy | 5 (6.8) |
| Yes, outside pregnancy | 13 (17.6) |
| No | 32 (43.2) |
| Unknown | 1 (1.3) |
| Previous reinfibulation (ntot = 42) | |
| No | 35 (83.3) |
| Yes | 6 (14.3) |
| Unknown | 1 (2.4) |
| Past violent events | |
| Physical | 5 (4.0) |
| Psychological | 10 (8.1) |
| Sexual | 4 (3.2) |
| Several (psychological/physical/sexual) | 37 (29.9) |
| None | 64 (51.6) |
| No answer | 4 (3.2) |
| Delivery (ntot = 78) | |
| Vaginal | 58 (74.4) |
| Cesarean section | 20 (25.6) |
| Pelvic organ prolapse4 | |
| No | 122 (98.4) |
| Yes | 2 (1.6) |
1Acute complications: hemorrhage, pain, urinary pain, infection
2Chronic complications: menstrual, sexual, urinary, scarring, obstetric
3Other ethnic origin: Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo
4Prolapsus stage POP- + : 1 (n = 1), 2 (n = 1)