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Assessment of students' Knowledge and attitude regarding Premarital Examination at Aswan University

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Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal
Article 8, Volume 12, Issue 46 - Serial Number 1, September 2024, Page 73-84  XMLPDF (1.22 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2024.309793.1885
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Authors
Basma Abdo Ahmed Hassan email 1; Soad Sayed Elkhateeb2
1Demonstrator at Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Aswan University, Egypt.
2Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Assiut University, Egypt.
Abstract
Abstract Background: Premarital therapy often describes a procedure aimed to better premarital relations, resulting in stable marriages and greater satisfaction. Aims: To assess studied students' knowledge and attitude regarding premarital examination at Aswan University. Design: A descriptive cross sectional study. Setting: This study was conducted at four randomly selected faculties at Aswan University. Sample: A purposive sample of 310 of students at level fourth at Aswan University was recruited in this study. Tools: Two tools; Tool I: An self-administrated questionnaire sheet was involving two parts: part 1: Socio-demographics, part 2: Knowledge assessment questionnaire Tool II: Attitude Assessment Scale. Results: 47.1% of the students had poor knowledge level, while 22.6% of them had good knowledge level regarding pre-marital examination. Also, 61.3% of the students had positive attitude regarding pre-marital examination, while, 38.7% of them had negative attitude regarding premarital examination. Conclusion: there was significant correlation (P=0.028) between the total students' knowledge and total attitude regarding premarital examination Recommendations: Developing an educational program to raise awareness of students about premarital counseling in universities.
Keywords
Attitude; Knowledge & Premarital examination
 
 

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