Unexplored avenues: a narrative review of cognition and mood in postmenopausal African women with female genital circumcision/mutilation/cutting DOI Creative Commons

Rohina Kumar,

Noelia Calvo, Gillian Einstein

et al.

Frontiers in Global Women s Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 5

Published: Jan. 9, 2025

Recent ageing research has projected the lifespan and proportion of postmenopausal women living in low- middle-income countries to substantially increase over years, especially on African continent. An important subgroup within population is those with female genital circumcision/mutilation/cutting (FGC). Practised across 31 nations, FGC holds cultural significance as it deemed essential marriage successful womanhood. Perhaps because this, most studies have primarily focused women's reproductive functioning their mood experiences. These also usually exclude from cohorts. Consequently, cognition age-related cognitive decline preservation remain understudied. Therefore, we investigated what known about local immigrant FGC. To do carried out a narrative review searching PubMed, PsycInfo, Google Scholar databases. Boolean combinations keywords related FGC, cognition, ageing, were used, focus ageing-related terms. Only published English, that recruited aged 50 years older, and/or mood-related experiences included. Ten found; these included quantitative, qualitative, case reports. The age range cohorts was 13-90 years; who likely formed minority (4.5%-25%). There no assessing memory or beyond looking at FGC-related memories, which vivid, if had type III (Pharaonic) older time Although reported experiencing negative emotions concerning quantitative reports showed only experienced post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression. Thus, there remains an urgent need bring this understudied group into dementia research. Future should adopt mixed-methods culturally sensitive methodologies investigate lived experience well changes. A holistic understanding Horn Africa's needs will support improvement quality care delivered cohort both contexts.

Language: Английский

Unexplored avenues: a narrative review of cognition and mood in postmenopausal African women with female genital circumcision/mutilation/cutting DOI Creative Commons

Rohina Kumar,

Noelia Calvo, Gillian Einstein

et al.

Frontiers in Global Women s Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 5

Published: Jan. 9, 2025

Recent ageing research has projected the lifespan and proportion of postmenopausal women living in low- middle-income countries to substantially increase over years, especially on African continent. An important subgroup within population is those with female genital circumcision/mutilation/cutting (FGC). Practised across 31 nations, FGC holds cultural significance as it deemed essential marriage successful womanhood. Perhaps because this, most studies have primarily focused women's reproductive functioning their mood experiences. These also usually exclude from cohorts. Consequently, cognition age-related cognitive decline preservation remain understudied. Therefore, we investigated what known about local immigrant FGC. To do carried out a narrative review searching PubMed, PsycInfo, Google Scholar databases. Boolean combinations keywords related FGC, cognition, ageing, were used, focus ageing-related terms. Only published English, that recruited aged 50 years older, and/or mood-related experiences included. Ten found; these included quantitative, qualitative, case reports. The age range cohorts was 13-90 years; who likely formed minority (4.5%-25%). There no assessing memory or beyond looking at FGC-related memories, which vivid, if had type III (Pharaonic) older time Although reported experiencing negative emotions concerning quantitative reports showed only experienced post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression. Thus, there remains an urgent need bring this understudied group into dementia research. Future should adopt mixed-methods culturally sensitive methodologies investigate lived experience well changes. A holistic understanding Horn Africa's needs will support improvement quality care delivered cohort both contexts.

Language: Английский

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