2013
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-217
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Factors influencing the decision to participate in medical premarital examinations in Hubei Province, Mid-China

Abstract: BackgroundTo investigate the attitudes of premarital couples towards the premarital screening program after the abolition of compulsory screening in China and to study the factors influencing participation.MethodsBetween July 1st 2010 to August 31st 2010, 650 people who registered for marriage at the civil affairs bureau of Wuhan, Suizhou, Zaoyang in Hubei province were studied using questionnaires. Logistic regression was used to examine the factors influencing participation in the premarital screening progra… Show more

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“…Our finding of very low awareness of individual haemoglobin genotype status among participants agreed with previous studies from Northern Nigeria, [39,40] but was in contrast with high level of awareness found in Southern Nigeria. [41,42] High acceptability of personal screening for haemoglobin genotype among the participants in this study was in keeping with earlier studies in Nigeria [39,43] though poor participation in screening program has also been documented [44].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 87%
“…Our finding of very low awareness of individual haemoglobin genotype status among participants agreed with previous studies from Northern Nigeria, [39,40] but was in contrast with high level of awareness found in Southern Nigeria. [41,42] High acceptability of personal screening for haemoglobin genotype among the participants in this study was in keeping with earlier studies in Nigeria [39,43] though poor participation in screening program has also been documented [44].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 87%
“…These results may be due to in many rural societies, there is a lack of access to information and limited opportunities to increase and improve one's own knowledge level. These results are in line with Wang et al (2013) who strongly confirmed that residence play an important role on the attitude and decision to participate in premarital screening (33) . The results of the present study are contradicted by Abd El-Ghany et al (2010) who reported that the residence did not influence on level of knowledge or attitude toward premarital counseling and care among students in his study (26) .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 85%
“…These elements incorporate sexual orientation, age, civilization, habitation, learning, and month to month budget, yet these elements just clarify a constrained piece of variety in choices to take an interest [29][30][31][32] . In the present research, it appears that age impacted the level of knowledge and attitude of students towards pre-marriage screening counseling, these outcomes are following Wang et al 2013 who emphatically affirmed that age considers a vital component of the attitude and choice to contribute in pre-marriage screening 33 . The consequences of the present research are negated by Abd El-Ghany et al 2010 who revealed that the age did not have an impact on the level of knowledge or attitude towards pre-marriage counseling and health concern among students in his examination 26 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 58%