Volume :
4
Issue :
1
Abstract :
Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess the perception of young adults toward premarital medical
screening in Quetta city, Pakistan.
Methods: A cross sectional, descriptive study design was adopted. Perception of young adults towards
premarital medical screening was assessed through a pre-validated questionnaire. The questionnaire was
distributed to 1266 respondents of both genders. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data
analysis. All analyses were performed by SPSS v. 20 and p0.05).
Conclusion: The current study concluded that majority of the participants had little idea about premarital blood
screening. Additionally, premarital screening was not perceived as an important procedure before marriages.
This reflects the lack of information towards premarital screening and the need of providing health education in
order to improve the perception towards premarital screening among young adults in Quetta city, Pakistan.