Attitude to screening

Intervention group

Control group

  Intervention. grp vs control. grp. (post-intervention)

Pre (%)
n=218

Post (%)
n=216

%
change

P
value

Pre (%)
n=196

Post (%)
N=194

%
Change

P
value

P
value 

Useful to the society

186
(85.3)

206
(95.4)

10.1

0.001

175
(89.3)

177
(91.2)

1.9

0.149

0.000

 

Support Prenatal screening

       87
      (39)

91
(42.1)

2.2

0.15

70
(35.7)

78
(40.3)

4.6

0.036

0.012

 

Support mandatory newborn screening

173
(79.4)

91
(88.4)

9.0

0.03

158
(80.6)

156
(80.4)

-0.2

0.788

0.075

 

Support premarital genotype test

202
(92.7)

210
(97.2)

4.5

0.041

183
(93.4)

185
(95.4)

2.0

0.628

0.134

 

Willing to ask partner for premarital genotyping

202
(92.7)

208
(96.3)

3.6

0.085

177
(90.8)

185
(95.4)

4.6

0.08

0.589

 

Individuals should not pay government should

132
(60.6)

25
(11.6)

-49.0

0.008

123
(62.8)

118
(60.8)

-2.0

0.609

0.002

Test is painful

10
(4.6)

7
(3.2)

-1.4

0.009

18
(9.2)

12
(6.2)

3.0

0.029

0.356

Table 4: Effect of health education on attitude to screening for sickle cell disease.