Knowledge and Perception of Future Couples Towards Premarital Screening | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 14 September 2025 | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2025.404541.2131 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Doaa Nady Shaban* 1; Shaimaa Gomaa Hassen2; nadia Huessin ahmed3 | ||
| 1Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing. Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University | ||
| 2Maternity and Newborn Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University | ||
| 3Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing. Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Premarital screening is an amazingly effective tool to prevent various genetic disorders in societies with a high incidence of consanguinity. Aim: Assess the knowledge and perception of future couples towards premarital screening. Subjects and Methods: Design: Utilized in this study Descriptive cross-sectional design. Setting: Study was conducted at Qulta Maternal and Child Health (MCH) center in West Assuit district and El-Walidia MCH center in East Assuit district at Assiut Governorate. Sample: A convenience sample of three hundred and fifty future couples from the MCH centers (Qulta and El-walidia) Tools: A Structured interviewing questionnaire was used for data collection that included three parts: Demographic characteristics, Level of knowledge and Perception of the studied future couples regarding premarital screening. Results: Illustrated that 59.4 % of the studied participants had a poor level of knowledge about premarital screening and 76.3% of them had a positive level of perception regarding premarital screening, while 18.6% and 5.1% had a neutral and negative level of perception respectively. Conclusion: more than half of the studied participants had a poor level of knowledge about premarital screening. And more than three quarters of them had a positive level of perception Recommendations: Use the mass media and social platforms to spread accurate information regarding tests of premarital screening and consequences of consanguinity. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Couples; Knowledge; Perception; Premarital Screening | ||
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