Couples’ Knowledge regarding Premarital Care | ||
| Mansoura Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2024, Pages 227-239 PDF (935.82 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2024.350318 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Esraa Saad Youseef* 1; Nehmedo Osman2; Amina El- Nemer3 | ||
| 1Woman‘s Health&Midwifery Nursing , Mansoura university ,Egypt | ||
| 2Lecturer of Woman's Health and Midwifery Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||
| 3Professor of Woman's Health and Midwifery Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Premarital care (PMC) is a global activity aiming to prepare the future couples to healthy martial life by diagnoses, treating unrecognized disorders, and reduce transmission of diseases to couples. Aim: This study aimed to explore couples’ knowledge regarding premarital care. Study design: A descriptive study was utilized. Setting: The study was carried out in Mansoura New General Hospital, Maternal and Child Care Center in Talkha and Mahallah Damna hospital, Dakahlia governorate, Egypt. Sample type: A purposive sample was utilized of 110 couples . Tools: A structure interview questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge regarding PMC. Results: The results highlighted that less than half of couples had correct knowledge about the importance of PMC, more than half of couples had partial correct knowledge about types of medical examination and less than half of couples had incorrect knowledge about diseases detected by premarital examination. Conclusion: The present study questions were answered in which less than one third of studied couples had good knowledge about premarital care. Recommendations: Provide specific health education to couples to increase knowledge about importance of premarital care during their attendance for the health certification before the marriage as well as broadcasting information about the premarital care program through different types of mass media. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Couple; Knowledge; Premarital care | ||
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