Knowledge and Attitude of Adult Saudi Community towards Premarital Screening Program (Sickle Cell Anemia/Thalassemia) in Riyadh Province of Saudi Arabia

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dc.contributor.authorKhan, Shujaaten_US
dc.contributor.authorRashikh, Mohammad Azharen_US
dc.contributor.authorAlsaab, Saad Mohammeden_US
dc.contributor.authorAlotaibi, Nemer Abdulazizen_US
dc.contributor.authorAldehaim, Fahad Mohammeden_US
dc.contributor.authorDimri, Dineshen_US
dc.contributor.authorBhaskaran, Prasanna Mohanaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-19T05:00:13Z
dc.date.available2023-08-19T05:00:13Z
dc.date.issued2022-12
dc.description.abstractBackground: Premarital Screening (PMS) program in Saudi Arabia aims at limiting the spread of hereditary diseases like Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) and Thalassemia and infectious diseases like Hepatitis B&C and Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Although the PMS program is reducing the percentage of incompatible marriages, the prevalence of hemoglobinopathies is still remaining high. With the changing perception of the general population towards the PMS program, an examination of community awareness and attitude toward PM S is needed to find ways for reducing the prevalence of diseases. Objective : T o assess the present knowledge and attitude of the adult Saudi community from Riyadh Province to the premarital screening (PMS) program for hemoglobinopathies. Methods: This cros s - sectional study was conducted on 676 participants from the general population in June - September 2022. The electronic questionnaire was used to assess the sociodemographic data, knowledge, and attitude toward the PMS program. Results: Out of the 676 participants, 58% were females, and 42% were males. 54% had consanguineous marriages and 5.6% hemoglobinopathies in the family. 96.3% agreed on suggesting PMS to others, 83.2% considered PMS incompatible marriage is wrong, and 78.6% considered associated g enetic counselling is important. 22.7% preferred consanguineous marriage over non - consanguineous. For raising awareness, 97.6%, 85.9%, 84.6%, and 81.2% of respondents felt the need for community participation through the internet, social media, and medical education in schools respectively. Conclusion: Most participants have a positive attitude but only superficial knowledge of the PMS program and one - third are still unaware of its use for the prevention of hemoglobinopathies, especially thalassemia. Increa sing the knowledge about the importance of the PMS program and associated genetic counselling should be done with multiple information sources in a well - organized way that suits the community’s requirements.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsClinical Pathologist , Department of Pathology and Associated labsen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pharmacologyen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Internal medicineen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Paediatricsen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsMBBSen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Preventive & Social Medicineen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Microbiology , College of Medicine, Dawadmi campus, Shaqra University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationKhan Shujaat, Rashikh Mohammad Azhar, Alsaab Saad Mohammed, Alotaibi Nemer Abdulaziz, Aldehaim Fahad Mohammed, Dimri Dinesh, Bhaskaran Prasanna Mohana. Knowledge and Attitude of Adult Saudi Community towards Premarital Screening Program (Sickle Cell Anemia/Thalassemia) in Riyadh Province of Saudi Arabia. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2022 Dec; 8(4): 1-5en_US
dc.identifier.issn2454-9894
dc.identifier.issn2454-9886
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/224056
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherIbn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber4en_US
dc.relation.volume8en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.21276/iabcr.20 2 2 . 8 . 4 . 4en_US
dc.subjectHereditary hemoglobinopathiesen_US
dc.subjectsickle cell anemiaen_US
dc.subjectthalassemiaen_US
dc.subjectMiddle Easten_US
dc.titleKnowledge and Attitude of Adult Saudi Community towards Premarital Screening Program (Sickle Cell Anemia/Thalassemia) in Riyadh Province of Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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