Background:
Research on the
attitudes of Saudi adults towards consanguinity is scarce. The study aimed to explore
the attitudes towards consanguinity and its associations with socio-demographic
characteristics in a sample of Saudi adults.
Methods:
A cross-sectional
study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire. A total of 386 outpatient
waiting-area attendees at King Abdul-Aziz Medical City-Riyadh were included. Participants
were asked about their socio-demographic characteristics, attitude towards consanguinity
and the reasons behind this.
Results:
The positive attitude
towards consanguinity among the study respondents was 48.1% with 95% confidence
interval (42.91–53.33%). Social and traditional culture (59.9%) were found to be
the predominant reasons for favoring consanguinity in Saudi Arabia. Evidence against
a positive attitude towards consanguinity was noted in respondents who received
medical information about consanguinity versus those who had not received medical
information (42.3% vs. 57%, p-value = 0.008). According to the multivariate logistic
model, the odds of a positive attitude towards consanguinity were 2 times higher
for males (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 2.2; 95% CI: 1.147, 4.290) and 4.1 times higher
in respondents in consanguineous marriages (aOR: 4.1; 95% CI: 2.350, 7.156). The
odds of a positive attitude towards consanguinity were 50% less in respondents who
received health information on consanguinity compared to those who had not received
health information about consanguinity (aOR: 0.50; 95% CI: 0.253, 0.863).
Conclusion:
One in every two
Saudi adults favors consanguinity however, Saudi men and women differ in their attitudes
towards consanguinity. Receiving health information on consanguinity was associated
with a negative attitude towards this practice.
...Consanguinity is a worldwide
issue, but particularly so in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia was ranked as the
second highest Arab country to have a high frequency of consanguineous
marriage, with the prevalence varying in different studies from 22–55%.2 Exploring
the attitude towards consanguineous marriages and its health-related issues
among Saudis is an attempt to clarify such a problem and suggest some
solutions. In this study, the positive attitude towards consanguinity among the
respondents was high, with approximately half of the respondents having a
positive attitude towards consanguinity...
Full article at: http://goo.gl/P3wxM1
By: Omar A. Alharbi, 1 Walaa A. Al-Shaia, 2 Abdulaziz A. Al-Hamam, 3 Hala M. Al-Marzoug, 4 Anwar E. Ahmed, 5 andMuhammed Bagha 6
1College of Medicine, King Saud University,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2College of Applied Medical Sciences,
University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
3College of Medicine, King Faisal
University, Al Ahsaa, Saudi Arabia
4College of Medicine, King Saud Bin
Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
5College of Public Health and Health
Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia
6King Abdullah Specialist Children
Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
E-mail: as.dem.ahgn@nademha; Email: ude.ucv@5ademha
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