Assessment of the Applicants for a Marriage Report to a Family Health Center

Aim: Marriage is the most important human relationship by the build-up with the agreement of two opposite sexes in accordance with the law; that allows being the family and provides the growth of the next generation. It is solidarity and agreement that aims to have children and aims at psychological, biological, cultural and socio-economic goals. Before the marriage obtaining a health report has been compulsory according to Article 136 of the Turkish Civil Code. The arrangement of the marriage report is a service included in the duties of the family physician in the Law on Family Medicine. The people are subjected to some tests and examinations at the family health center by the family physician. In our study; the aim is to evaluate the test results of people who applied to the family health center. Method: Our study covers all marriage report applications made to a Family Health Center in Istanbul between 01.01.2011 and 30.12.2013. It is a retrospective study. Mean, standard deviation and frequency statistical methods were used for data analysis. Findings: 69 of the 151 participants is women. According to the results of the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL), Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Anti-HIV) positivity and chest radiographs, there is no evidence of tuberculosis infection. Anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) is positive in one person and Anti-Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs) is positive in 3 subjects. Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positivity is determined in 3 subjects. Conclusion: In our study, the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases is quite low. It has been concluded that necessary counseling is provided for genetic diseases and family planning. It is thought that more comprehensive studies should be done in this field and marriage reports should be considered as an important tool in preventing these diseases and forming healthy generations, not as a procedure