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- Title
FEMALE MEDICAL UNDERGRADUATE; DOES MARRIAGE AFFECT THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN A SAUDI UNIVERSITY?
- Authors
Abou-Elhamd, Kamal-Eldin Ahmed; Al-Wadaani, Hamed Abdullah; Saleh AlMulhim, Abdul Rehman
- Abstract
Objective: Our aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of marriage, pregnancy and child bearing on the academic performance of the female medical students in Saudi Arabia. Study design: A cross sectional survey study. Methods: A batch of 53 female medical students on the fifth class at college of medicine, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia in May 2013 answered a questionnaire about the effect of marriage on medical study. Results: Thirty-nine percent of married female medical students got a worse grade than before marriage, while 30.5% got better grade (39%), and the remaining percent got the same grade. Conclusion: Marriage in itself doesn't affect the academic performance but it is largely dependent on the individuals involved Marriage supports them emotionally and socially.
- Subjects
SAUDI Arabia; WOMEN medical students; UNDERGRADUATES; MARRIAGE; ACADEMIC achievement; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; CROSS-sectional method; HEALTH surveys; QUESTIONNAIRES
- Publication
Professional Medical Journal, 2014, Vol 21, Issue 3, p566
- ISSN
1024-8919
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.29309/tpmj/2014.21.03.2120