Premarital Screening Program Knowledge and Attitude among Saudi University Students in TABUK City 2019

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dc.contributor.authorAlhowiti, Amirahen_US
dc.contributor.authorShaqran, Tariqen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T07:52:54Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T07:52:54Z
dc.date.issued2019-11
dc.description.abstractBackground: Saudi Arabia has a high prevalence of Inherited diseases such as Sickle cell anaemia (SCA), Thalassemia and hepatitis are chronic diseases that affect the individual quality of life, which can be limited by increasing the knowledge among the community. Objectives: To assess the level of knowledge and the attitude among Saudi Tabuk University students regarding premarital screening program. Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from April 2019 to August 2019 among Saudi students of the University of Tabuk, both male and female. A self-administered questionnaire about knowledge and attitude of the Saudi community towards premarital screening program was used for data collection. It consists of 3 main sections; demographical data, student’s general knowledge about the screening program and the attitude of the students towards premarital screening. Results: The study included 437 students. The age ranged between 18 and 29 years with a mean ± SD of 21.5 ± 2.2 years. More than half of them (56.8%) were females. Overall, slightly less than half of the students (48.3%) had sufficient knowledge regarding premarital screening. Female (p=0.003), married (p=0.044) and were medical students (p=0.024) were more knowledgeable than their counterparts. Overall, almost two-thirds of the students (69.8%) had a positive attitude towards premarital screening. Conclusion: Although knowledge regarding premarital screening among Tabuk university students was insufficient among almost half of them, they had an overall positive attitude towards the program.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsProgram of Family Medicine, KSAFH, Tabuk, Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationAlhowiti Amirah, Shaqran Tariq. Premarital Screening Program Knowledge and Attitude among Saudi University Students in TABUK City 2019. International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences. 2019 Nov; 8(11): 75-84en_US
dc.identifier.issn2319-5886
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/205161
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSumathi Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber11en_US
dc.relation.volume8en_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.ijmrhs.com/abstract/premarital-screening-program-knowledge-and-attitude-among-saudi-university-students-in-tabuk-city-2019-19228.htmlen_US
dc.subjectPremarital Screeningen_US
dc.subjectInfectious diseasesen_US
dc.subjectTabuk cityen_US
dc.subjectSaudi Arabiaen_US
dc.titlePremarital Screening Program Knowledge and Attitude among Saudi University Students in TABUK City 2019en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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