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An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Obstetric Consequences of Female Genital MutilationCutting
Joint Authors
Underland, Vigdis
Odgaard-Jensen, J.
Fretheim, A.
Vist, G.
Berg, Rigmor C.
Source
Obstetrics and Gynecology International
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-11-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
In our recent systematic review in Obstetrics and Gynecology International of the association between FGM/C and obstetric harm we concluded that FGM/C significantly increases the risk of delivery complications.
The findings were based on unadjusted effect estimates from both prospective and retrospective studies.
To accommodate requests by critics, we aimed to validate these results through additional analyses based on adjusted estimates from prospective studies.
We judged that 7 of the 28 studies included in our original systematic review were prospective.
Statistical adjustments for measured confounding factors were made in eight studies, including three prospective studies.
The adjusted confounders differed across studies in number and type.
Results from meta-analyses based on adjusted estimates, with or without data from retrospective studies, consistently pointed in the same direction as our earlier findings.
There were only small differences in the sizes or the level of statistical significance.
Using GRADE, we assessed that our confidence in the effect estimates was very low or low for all outcomes.
The adjusted estimates generally show similar obstetric harms from FGM/C as unadjusted estimates do.
Thus, the current analyses confirm the findings from our previous systematic review.
There are sufficient grounds to conclude that FGM/C, with respect to obstetric circumstances, involves harm.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Berg, Rigmor C.& Odgaard-Jensen, J.& Fretheim, A.& Underland, Vigdis& Vist, G.. 2014. An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Obstetric Consequences of Female Genital MutilationCutting. Obstetrics and Gynecology International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1046904
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Berg, Rigmor C.…[et al.]. An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Obstetric Consequences of Female Genital MutilationCutting. Obstetrics and Gynecology International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1046904
American Medical Association (AMA)
Berg, Rigmor C.& Odgaard-Jensen, J.& Fretheim, A.& Underland, Vigdis& Vist, G.. An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Obstetric Consequences of Female Genital MutilationCutting. Obstetrics and Gynecology International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1046904
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1046904