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Perception of premarital counseling among King Khalid University students
BACKGROUND: Genetic blood disorders are common in Arab countries which are related to many physical and mental disorders. Premarital counseling has been one of the strongest ways to prevent hereditary diseases. It can provide a capability to intervene according to identified risks, vaccinations, gen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6753798/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31548941 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_364_19 |
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author | Al-Qahtani, Faisal Saeed Alfahad, Mohammed Ibrahim Alshahrani, Abdulaziz Mohammed M. Almalih, Haitham Saeed Al-Malki, Adnan Saeed Qassm Alshehri, Turki K. Alqhtani, AbdulAziz Ali N. Al-Qahtani, Awad Mohammed Alfaifi, Sami Hassan Alasmari, Raid Fayez Abdullrahman Bharti, Rishi K. Chaudhary, Shweta |
author_facet | Al-Qahtani, Faisal Saeed Alfahad, Mohammed Ibrahim Alshahrani, Abdulaziz Mohammed M. Almalih, Haitham Saeed Al-Malki, Adnan Saeed Qassm Alshehri, Turki K. Alqhtani, AbdulAziz Ali N. Al-Qahtani, Awad Mohammed Alfaifi, Sami Hassan Alasmari, Raid Fayez Abdullrahman Bharti, Rishi K. Chaudhary, Shweta |
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description | BACKGROUND: Genetic blood disorders are common in Arab countries which are related to many physical and mental disorders. Premarital counseling has been one of the strongest ways to prevent hereditary diseases. It can provide a capability to intervene according to identified risks, vaccinations, genetic consulting, nutrition, consulting regarding behavior and advice regarding contraception. This study aimed to assess university students’ knowledge, attitude and practice of pre-marital counseling (PMC) in king Khalid University. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study was conducted at King Khalid University in Abha city from May to August 2018. The students were selected using two stage stratified cluster sampling technique (medical and non-medical). A total sample of 541 students were included. A structured questionnaire with close-ended questions was designed by the authors following an extensive review of the literature on knowledge, practice, and attitude of premarital screening program. The questionnaire was developed in English and then translated to Arabic by experts at the College of Medicine. RESULTS: A total sample of 541students were involved with ages ranged from 18 years to 27 years old and 56.6% at medical colleges. Exact 73.4% of the students were aware of PMC and 95.2% reported its importance. 96.5% of the students reported their welling to do PMC on marriage and 72.1% see that it should be mandatory. CONCLUSIONS: Nearly three out of each four students had good awareness level regarding PMC. Most of the students have a positive attitude towards PMS and their readiness to adopt the counseling before marriage. |
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spelling | pubmed-67537982019-09-23 Perception of premarital counseling among King Khalid University students Al-Qahtani, Faisal Saeed Alfahad, Mohammed Ibrahim Alshahrani, Abdulaziz Mohammed M. Almalih, Haitham Saeed Al-Malki, Adnan Saeed Qassm Alshehri, Turki K. Alqhtani, AbdulAziz Ali N. Al-Qahtani, Awad Mohammed Alfaifi, Sami Hassan Alasmari, Raid Fayez Abdullrahman Bharti, Rishi K. Chaudhary, Shweta J Family Med Prim Care Original Article BACKGROUND: Genetic blood disorders are common in Arab countries which are related to many physical and mental disorders. Premarital counseling has been one of the strongest ways to prevent hereditary diseases. It can provide a capability to intervene according to identified risks, vaccinations, genetic consulting, nutrition, consulting regarding behavior and advice regarding contraception. This study aimed to assess university students’ knowledge, attitude and practice of pre-marital counseling (PMC) in king Khalid University. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study was conducted at King Khalid University in Abha city from May to August 2018. The students were selected using two stage stratified cluster sampling technique (medical and non-medical). A total sample of 541 students were included. A structured questionnaire with close-ended questions was designed by the authors following an extensive review of the literature on knowledge, practice, and attitude of premarital screening program. The questionnaire was developed in English and then translated to Arabic by experts at the College of Medicine. RESULTS: A total sample of 541students were involved with ages ranged from 18 years to 27 years old and 56.6% at medical colleges. Exact 73.4% of the students were aware of PMC and 95.2% reported its importance. 96.5% of the students reported their welling to do PMC on marriage and 72.1% see that it should be mandatory. CONCLUSIONS: Nearly three out of each four students had good awareness level regarding PMC. Most of the students have a positive attitude towards PMS and their readiness to adopt the counseling before marriage. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6753798/ /pubmed/31548941 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_364_19 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Al-Qahtani, Faisal Saeed Alfahad, Mohammed Ibrahim Alshahrani, Abdulaziz Mohammed M. Almalih, Haitham Saeed Al-Malki, Adnan Saeed Qassm Alshehri, Turki K. Alqhtani, AbdulAziz Ali N. Al-Qahtani, Awad Mohammed Alfaifi, Sami Hassan Alasmari, Raid Fayez Abdullrahman Bharti, Rishi K. Chaudhary, Shweta Perception of premarital counseling among King Khalid University students |
title | Perception of premarital counseling among King Khalid University students |
title_full | Perception of premarital counseling among King Khalid University students |
title_fullStr | Perception of premarital counseling among King Khalid University students |
title_full_unstemmed | Perception of premarital counseling among King Khalid University students |
title_short | Perception of premarital counseling among King Khalid University students |
title_sort | perception of premarital counseling among king khalid university students |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6753798/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31548941 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_364_19 |
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