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Knowledge, awareness and attitude of premarital screening sickle cell disease and thalassemia, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Amal Zaghloul Moustafa, Amal Abdulghaffar Hafiz, Aroob Mohammedamin Abdulhalim, Ahmed Dakhil Allah Aljehani, Bushra Mubarak Aldajani, Gadir Yaqoub Bokhari, Hassan Musaad Alqurashi, Yousra Mansour Alturki.


Abstract
Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) and thalassemia are the two most common hemoglobin disorders in the world. Premarital screening (PMS) of SCD and thalassemia is mandatory in Saudi Arabia. The aim of this study was to determine the level of the knowledge and awareness toward PMS of SCD and thalassemia.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Makkah, Saudi Arabia among 374 participants from the general population who resided in Makkah participated in the study. A self-administered online questionnaire included questions about knowledge, awareness, and attitude toward PMS.
Results: Around 51.1% showed satisfied knowledge regarding PMS, and 48.9% had unsatisfactory knowledge. Good knowledge level was detected among 57.4% participants aged 36-44 years as compared to 35.4% of 18-25 years age group with statistically significant difference (p = 0.018). Also, 53.9% university graduated participants had good knowledge and awareness regarding PMS versus 38% participants with a secondary level of education (p = 0.049). Almost 55.2% married participants had a good knowledge level for PMS as compared to 40.4% of the single group (p = 0.049).
Conclusion: More efforts about awareness and significance of premarital counseling advice regarding inherited blood disorders are required in the public, through social media, and educational campaigns. Achieving an early genetic screening could help in improving the acceptance of the test and have higher impact.

Key words: Premarital screening, thalassemia, sickle cell disease, knowledge, public health.


 
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Moustafa AZ, Hafiz AA, Abdulhalim AM, Aljehani ADA, Aldajani BM, Bokhari GY, Alqurashi HM, Alturki YM. Knowledge, awareness and attitude of premarital screening sickle cell disease and thalassemia, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. IJMDC. 2022; 6(5): 711-716. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1644235222

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Moustafa AZ, Hafiz AA, Abdulhalim AM, Aljehani ADA, Aldajani BM, Bokhari GY, Alqurashi HM, Alturki YM. Knowledge, awareness and attitude of premarital screening sickle cell disease and thalassemia, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. https://www.ijmdc.com/?mno=29696 [Access: April 22, 2025]. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1644235222

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Moustafa AZ, Hafiz AA, Abdulhalim AM, Aljehani ADA, Aldajani BM, Bokhari GY, Alqurashi HM, Alturki YM. Knowledge, awareness and attitude of premarital screening sickle cell disease and thalassemia, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. IJMDC. 2022; 6(5): 711-716. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1644235222


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Moustafa AZ, Hafiz AA, Abdulhalim AM, Aljehani ADA, Aldajani BM, Bokhari GY, Alqurashi HM, Alturki YM. Knowledge, awareness and attitude of premarital screening sickle cell disease and thalassemia, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. IJMDC. (2022), [cited April 22, 2025]; 6(5): 711-716. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1644235222


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Moustafa, A. Z., Hafiz, . A. A., Abdulhalim, . A. M., Aljehani, . A. D. A., Aldajani, . B. M., Bokhari, . G. Y., Alqurashi, . H. M. & Alturki, . Y. M. (2022) Knowledge, awareness and attitude of premarital screening sickle cell disease and thalassemia, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. IJMDC, 6 (5), 711-716. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1644235222


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Moustafa, Amal Zaghloul, Amal Abdulghaffar Hafiz, Aroob Mohammedamin Abdulhalim, Ahmed Dakhil Allah Aljehani, Bushra Mubarak Aldajani, Gadir Yaqoub Bokhari, Hassan Musaad Alqurashi, and Yousra Mansour Alturki. 2022. Knowledge, awareness and attitude of premarital screening sickle cell disease and thalassemia, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 6 (5), 711-716. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1644235222


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Moustafa, Amal Zaghloul, Amal Abdulghaffar Hafiz, Aroob Mohammedamin Abdulhalim, Ahmed Dakhil Allah Aljehani, Bushra Mubarak Aldajani, Gadir Yaqoub Bokhari, Hassan Musaad Alqurashi, and Yousra Mansour Alturki. "Knowledge, awareness and attitude of premarital screening sickle cell disease and thalassemia, Makkah, Saudi Arabia." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 6 (2022), 711-716. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1644235222


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Moustafa, Amal Zaghloul, Amal Abdulghaffar Hafiz, Aroob Mohammedamin Abdulhalim, Ahmed Dakhil Allah Aljehani, Bushra Mubarak Aldajani, Gadir Yaqoub Bokhari, Hassan Musaad Alqurashi, and Yousra Mansour Alturki. "Knowledge, awareness and attitude of premarital screening sickle cell disease and thalassemia, Makkah, Saudi Arabia." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 6.5 (2022), 711-716. Print. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1644235222


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Moustafa, A. Z., Hafiz, . A. A., Abdulhalim, . A. M., Aljehani, . A. D. A., Aldajani, . B. M., Bokhari, . G. Y., Alqurashi, . H. M. & Alturki, . Y. M. (2022) Knowledge, awareness and attitude of premarital screening sickle cell disease and thalassemia, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 6 (5), 711-716. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1644235222




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