作者
Omar A Al-Farsi, Yahya M Al-Farsi, Ishita Gupta, Allal Ouhtit, Khalil S Al-Farsi, Samir Al-Adawi
发表日期
2014/12
期刊
BMC Public Health
卷号
14
页码范围
1-7
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Background
Despite that hereditary diseases are widespread among the Arab population due to high rates of consanguineous marriages, research regarding community awareness towards premarital carrier screening in some countries such as Oman, is extremely scarce. This study aimed to investigate knowledge and attitude towards premarital carrier screening (PMCS) in Oman.
Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire which was distributed to 400 Omani adults aged 20–35 who attended primary healthcare institutions at the South Batinah Governorate in Oman.
Results
The majority of the participants (84.5%) believed that PMCS was necessary, and about half of them (49.5%) supported the view of making PMCS compulsory. On the contrary, approximately one third (30 …
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