AU - A.R. Moradi, M.Sc., AU - S.A. Hosseini, B.Sc, AU - A. Moradi, M.Sc., AU - A.Daneshyar, M.Sc., TI - Knowledge of Couple about Thalassaemia at the Stage of Marriage in Bahar City PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - Avicenna-J-Nurs-Midwifery-Care JN - Avicenna-J-Nurs-Midwifery-Care VO - 15 VI - 2 IP - 2 4099 - http://nmj.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-1038-en.html 4100 - http://nmj.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-1038-en.pdf SO - Avicenna-J-Nurs-Midwifery-Care 2 ABĀ  - Introduction & Objective: Thalassaemia is a prevalent disease in Iran. The knowledge of couple about thalassaemia at the stage of marriage has an important role in prevention of that. The objective of this study was to determine the knowledge of couple at the stage of Marriage in relation to the thalassaemia in Bahar city, Hamdan province. Materials & Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed. A total of 175 at the stage of Marriage was studied in counseling center of thalassaemia in Bahar in 2007. The data was collected of the couple with questionnaire and then were analyzed by SPSS. Results: According to the result of this study, the knowledge 13.1% of couple was good, 47.4% of couple was medium and 39.4% of couple was weak about thalassaemia.So there is no significant difference between the knowledge of men and women (P>0.05). But the rate of the knowledge of thalassaemia was significantly increased in urban area and higher levels of education (P CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - Avicenna-J-Nurs-Midwifery-Care PG - 33 PT - Original Research YR - 2007