Unveiling awareness: determining the university students' understanding of female reproductive rights through a validated questionnaire.

IF 0.8 4区医学 Q3 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI:10.47391/JPMA.20916

Hina Ahmed, Haiqa Ashraf, Fiza Shahbaz

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Abstract

Objective: To compare the knowledge of medical and non-medical students regarding female reproductive rights.

Methods: The comparative, analytical study was conducted in Lahore, Pakistan, from April to October 2023, and comprised medical students from the Central Park Medical College, Lahore, and non-medical students from the Superior College, Lahore. Using factor analysis, validation of the self-developed questionnaire was done, and five factors were identified: supportive influence, premarital screening and stigma, conscious decision, decision about marriage, and contraceptive choices. The questionnaire's overall reliability was 0.84 using Cronbach alpha value. Data was analysed using SPSS 25.

Results: Of the 500 students, 250(50%) were medical students with mean age 20.95±1.776 years, and 250(50%) were nonmedical students with mean age 21.14±1.547 years. There was a statistically significant difference in knowledge level regarding women's reproductive rights between medical and non-medical students (p<0.05).

Conclusions: Significant differences were noted in the knowledge level of medical and non-medical students regarding female reproductive rights, underlining the need to create awareness among young adults.

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揭示意识：通过有效问卷调查，确定大学生对女性生殖权利的认识。

目的：比较医科学生与非医科学生对女性生殖权利的认知情况。方法：对比分析研究于2023年4 - 10月在巴基斯坦拉合尔进行，研究对象为拉合尔中央公园医学院的医学生和拉合尔高等学院的非医学生。通过因子分析，对自行编制的问卷进行了验证，并确定了五个因素：支持性影响、婚前筛查和污名化、有意识的决定、婚姻决定和避孕选择。采用Cronbach alpha值计算，问卷的总体信度为0.84。数据采用SPSS 25进行分析。结果：500名学生中，医学生250人（50%），平均年龄20.95±1.776岁；非医学生250人（50%），平均年龄21.14±1.547岁。医学专业学生和非医学专业学生对妇女生殖权利的知识水平在统计上存在显著差异(p结论：医学专业学生和非医学专业学生对女性生殖权利的知识水平存在显著差异，强调需要在年轻人中建立认识。

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Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association Medicine-General Medicine

CiteScore

1.10

自引率

11.10%

发文量

983

审稿时长

3-6 weeks

期刊介绍： Primarily being a medical journal, JPMA publishes scholarly research focusing on the various fields in the areas of health and medical education. It publishes original research describing recent advances in health particularly clinical studies, clinical trials, assessments of pathogens of diagnostic importance, medical genetics and epidemiological studies. Review articles highlighting importance of various issues in the domain of public health, drug research and medical education are also accepted. As a leading journal of South Asia, JPMA remains cognizant of the recent advances in the rapidly growing fields of biomedical sciences, it invites and encourages scholars to write short reviews and invited editorials on the emerging issues. We particularly aim to promote health standards of developing countries by encouraging manuscript submissions on issues affecting the public health and health delivery services.