Abstract
Premarital screening includes performing tests on the couples who are planning to get married soon,to identify common inherited disorders, infectious diseases, fertility issues, cancers etc. in them to help them identify potential health risks for themselves. It also aims at providing medical consultation to the couples on the probabilities of transmitting these risks to their children.
 This study is aimed at understanding the awareness and importance of premarital screening among young adults (age 21-30 years) based out of Maharashtra state, India. This paper will also give insights about the preference for types of tests that are included in premarital screening, need for premarital counselling and the time duration for undertaking premarital screening and counselling
Highlights
Premarital screening is defined as testing couples who are planning to get married soon for common genetic blood disorders and infectious diseases
Premarital screening includes routine investigations such as Complete Blood Count (CBC), Complete Urine Analysis and Peripheral Blood Smears to check for normal and abnormal cells, Blood group testing(ABO-RH), Infectious diseases testing such as Syphilis, HI, Hepatitis-B and C Virus testing and Genetic testing such as Thalassemia
This quantitative study explores the awareness and importance of premarital screening among young adults planning to get married soon and aims to develop insights regarding the type of screening tests to be included in the premarital screening based on their responses.This article explores the need for premarital counselling among young adults and the time duration when such tests and counselling can be undertaken
Summary
Premarital screening is defined as testing couples who are planning to get married soon for common genetic blood disorders (e.g. sickle cell anaemia and thalassemia and sickle cell anaemia) and infectious diseases (e.g. hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS). Premarital screening includes routine investigations such as Complete Blood Count (CBC), Complete Urine Analysis and Peripheral Blood Smears to check for normal and abnormal cells, Blood group testing(ABO-RH), Infectious diseases testing such as Syphilis, HI, Hepatitis-B and C Virus testing and Genetic testing such as Thalassemia This quantitative study explores the awareness and importance of premarital screening among young adults planning to get married soon and aims to develop insights regarding the type of screening tests to be included in the premarital screening based on their responses.This article explores the need for premarital counselling among young adults and the time duration when such tests and counselling can be undertaken
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