Table 2.
Indicators of knowledge about pre-marital by Gender, Oman, 2010
|
Indicator |
Total |
Men |
Women |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
(N = 400) |
(N = 233) |
(N = 167) |
|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Heard of PMCS |
357 (89.3) |
201 (56.3) |
156 (43.7) |
0.01 |
| Knew about regional PMCS clinic |
271 (67.8) |
148 (54.6) |
123 (45.4) |
0.51 |
| Source of knowledge |
|
|
|
0.003 |
| Health workers |
72 (18.0) |
32 (44.4) |
40 (55.6) |
|
| Periodical notes |
75 (18.8) |
38 (50.7) |
37 (49.3) |
|
| Health educators |
17 (4.3) |
5 (29.4) |
12 (70.6) |
|
| Media |
29 (7.3) |
17 (58.6) |
12 (41.4) |
|
| School |
13 (3.3) |
10 (76.9) |
3 (23.1) |
|
| Friends |
60 (15.0) |
43 (71.7) |
17 (28.3) |
|
| New types of premarital tests |
118 (29.5) |
60 (50.8) |
58 (49.2) |
0.18 |
| Aware of psychological burden of hereditary diseases on families |
294 (83.8) |
164 (55.8) |
130 (44.2) |
0.09 |
| Heard of following diseases: |
|
|
|
|
| Thalassemia |
221 (55.3) |
94 (42.5) |
127 (57.5) |
0.001 |
| Sickle cell disease |
335 (83.8) |
186 (55.5) |
149 (44.5) |
0.01 |
| G6PD |
328 (82.0) |
173 (52.7) |
155 (47.3) |
0.001 |
| Knew about treatment for hereditary diseases |
90 (22.5) |
50 (55.6) |
40 (44.4) |
0.01 |
| Knew that PMCS may reduce spread of heredity diseases | 355 (88.8) | 206 (58.0) | 149 (42.0) | 0.66 |