Awareness and attitude towards the premarital screening programme among high school students in Muscat, Oman
Other Title(s)
مدى وعي طلاب المدارس الثانوية و موقفهم اتجاه برنامج الفحص ما قبل الزواج في مسقط، عمان
Joint Authors
Natarajan, Jansi
al-Kandiyah, Rahmah Muhammad
Kannekanti, Saraswathi
Shakman, Lina
al-Azriyah, Zaynab
al-Kalbaniyah, Nifin Ibrahim
Source
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 19, Issue 3 (31 Aug. 2019), pp.217-224, 8 p.
Publisher
Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Publication Date
2019-08-31
Country of Publication
Oman
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objectives: This study aimed to explore high school students’ awareness and attitude towards premarital screening (PMS).
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 10 public high schools in Muscat, Oman from May to July 2016.
A three-part self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from grade 12 students.
The first part focused on respondents’ sociodemographic characteristics, while the second part dealt with awareness of the national PMS programme and the third part explored attitudes towards the national PMS programme.
Results: A total of 1,541 participants (response rate: 91.1%) completed the questionnaire.
Most participants (78.1%) were aware of the availability of the PMS programme and their main source of information was family and friends (34.3%).
The majority of students (87.4%) believed that PMS is important and most students (87.2%) indicated that they would undergo PMS.
Over half of the students (55.3%) agreed that PMS should be mandatory before marriage and approximately one-third (38.3%) were in favour of having laws and regulations to prevent consanguineous marriages.
Females were significantly more in favour of making PMS mandatory (P = 0.002) and enforcing PMS laws (P = 0.010) compared to males.
Conclusion: Most respondents had good levels of knowledge about the PMS programme and half thought it is important to be tested.
However, some students were not in favour of PMS.
Increasing awareness about Oman’s PMS programme is important and motivating students could contribute significantly to increasing the utilisation of the PMS programme and to limiting genetic blood disorders.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Kandiyah, Rahmah Muhammad& Kannekanti, Saraswathi& Natarajan, Jansi& Shakman, Lina& al-Azriyah, Zaynab& al-Kalbaniyah, Nifin Ibrahim. 2019. Awareness and attitude towards the premarital screening programme among high school students in Muscat, Oman. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal،Vol. 19, no. 3, pp.217-224.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-956113
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Kandiyah, Rahmah Muhammad…[et al.]. Awareness and attitude towards the premarital screening programme among high school students in Muscat, Oman. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal Vol. 19, no. 3 (Aug. 2019), pp.217-224.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-956113
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Kandiyah, Rahmah Muhammad& Kannekanti, Saraswathi& Natarajan, Jansi& Shakman, Lina& al-Azriyah, Zaynab& al-Kalbaniyah, Nifin Ibrahim. Awareness and attitude towards the premarital screening programme among high school students in Muscat, Oman. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2019. Vol. 19, no. 3, pp.217-224.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-956113
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 223-224
Record ID
BIM-956113