Cognition of premarital medical examination among college students in Guangxi

Objective To study the cognition,attitude,and demand on premarital medical examination of among college studetns in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for making effective publicity strategy and improvement of premarital medical examination.Methods A self-administered anonymous questionnaire survey was conducted in 7 universities in Guangxi.Totally 2 154 college students were selected by using stratified cluster random sampling.Results Totally 2 072 eligible questionnaires were collected.The proportion of the students with good,general,litlle,and no knowledge of premarital medical examination was 7.4%,35.9%,53.9%,and 2.8%,respectively.The female,senior student,major in medicine,without a girlfriend/boyfriend had higher cognition of premarital medical examination(P<0.05 for all).There were 65.1% of the students reporting the will to take premarital medical examination in the future and 46.8% reporting the will to take the examination free of charge.There were 71.7% of the students considering the fee for the examination being less than 200 RMB yuan.Conclusion The general cognition of premartial medical examination among college students is at a lowlevel,especially among the male,the students of lower grade or with the major in literature and history.