The age group most present in the study was from 18 to 25 years and above, with a percentage of 67.8%, and the least present in the study was the age group from 25 to 32 years, with a percentage of 32.2%.
Regarding gender, the number of males was 520, or 42.5%, and they were the smallest among the sample, and the number of females was 704, or 57.5%.
Speaking of the marital status of the participants, the number of unmarried participants within the study was 919, representing 75.1%, and the number of participants about to get married within the study was 305, representing 24.9%.
The number of participants in good social status was 830, or 67.8%, the number of participants in poor social status was 135, or 11%, and the number of participants in excellent social status was 259, or 21.2%.
Speaking of the educational level of the participants, the percentage of participants who had a university education was 76.6%, and the percentage of participants who had a doctoral education was 76.6%. Master’s: 8.3%, the percentage of participants who have a secondary education is 12.3%, and the percentage of participants who have a preparatory education | Primary 2.8%.
When talking about the university specialization of the participants, we found that the percentage of complainants who have a medical specialization is 28.8%, and the percentage of participants who do not have a medical specialization is 71.2%.
Speaking about the relative distribution of subscribers according to the source of information about pre-marital medical examination, it was found that the percentage of subscribers who receive information from the Internet is 26.6%, the percentage of subscribers who receive information from relatives and friends is 39.7%, the percentage of subscribers who receive information from newspapers and magazines is 3.2%, and the percentage of subscribers who receive information Of the medical community, 30.6%.
The percentage of participants who are related to their parents is 21.2%, and the percentage of participants who are not related to their parents is 78.8%.
If we wanted to talk about the relative distribution according to knowledge of thalassemia and sickle cell disease, it turns out that the percentage of participants who know about hemolytic anemia is 76% and the percentage of participants who do not know it is 23.9%.
Speaking about the relative distribution of the characteristics of the study sample according to the participants’ agreement to undergo a pre-marital examination in the event of marriage, the following shows that the percentage of participants who answered yes was 78.7%, the percentage of participants who answered I do not know was 10.4%, and the percentage of participants who answered no was 1.9%.
Regarding infection with one of the diseases of hereditary hemolytic anemia, the following was revealed: The number of participants with hemolytic disease was 19, at a rate of 1.6%, the number of participants with sickle cell anemia was 15, at a rate of 1.5%, and the number of participants with thalassemia was 15, at a rate of 1.2%.
Regarding asking participants whether or not premarital examinations reduce the risk of sickle cell anemia, it was found that the percentage of patients who answered yes was 72.8%, the percentage of patients who answered no was 4.4%, and the percentage of participants who answered I do not know was 22.8%.
Speaking of asking participants whether pre-marital examination reveals the possibility of children suffering from sickle cell anemia or thalassemia, our results were as follows: The percentage of participants who answered “No” was 1.5%, the percentage of participants who answered “Yes” was 70.6%, and the percentage of participants who answered “I don’t know” was 27.9%.
Speaking of the participants’ question about whether premarital examination only detects hereditary diseases, our results were as follows: The percentage of participants who answered “no” was 42.1%, the percentage of participants who answered “yes” was 34.5%, and the percentage of participants who answered “I don’t know” was 23.4%.
Speaking of the participants’ question about whether consanguineous marriage increases the chance of genetic diseases, the participants’ answers were as follows: the percentage of participants who answered yes was 98.1%, the percentage of participants who answered no was 1.1%, and the percentage of participants who answered I don’t know was 0.7%.
Speaking of the question: What is the appropriate time for a pre-marriage check-up, the percentage of participants who answered after the engagement was 22.3%, the percentage of participants who answered before the engagement was 68.5%, and the percentage of participants who answered just to be reassured was 9.2%.
Regarding whether premarital examination violates privacy, 11.5% of participants answered yes and 88.5% answered no.
Speaking of whether pre-marital tests detect sexually transmitted diseases, the percentage of participants who answered yes was 82.5%, the percentage of participants who answered we do not know was 14.6%, and the percentage of participants who answered no was 2.9%.
Speaking of the question: Are pre-marital examinations performed on? The percentage of participants who responded to the urine analysis was 0.2%, the percentage of participants who responded to the blood test was 75.7%, and the percentage of participants who responded to the cerebrospinal fluid sample was 0.1%.
Speaking of the question of whether pre-marital examinations are applied to males or females, the percentage of participants who answered for females was 0.2%, and the percentage of participants who answered for both was 99.8%.
The percentage of participants’ agreement on the importance of premarital examination was 31.8%, the percentage of those who disagreed was 0.7%, the percentage of neutrals was 2.4%, and the percentage of those who strongly agreed was 65.2%.
The percentage of participants who trust premarital examinations was 72%, the percentage of participants who do not trust premarital examinations was 2.2%, and the percentage of people who were unaware or neutral was 25.8%.
Speaking of increasing awareness to prevent the transmission of genetic diseases and sexually transmitted diseases, the percentage of those who agreed was 96.7%, the percentage of those who disagreed with that was 0.2%, and the percentage of those who were neutral was 3%.
Speaking about the reason why participants undergo a medical examination before marriage, the answer rate was because they are forced by the law to be 14.6%, the answer rate to ensure the health of the husband was 30.9%, the answer rate to prevent the transmission of diseases to future generations was 50.1%, and the answer rate to prevent the transmission of diseases to them was 4.4%.