Attitudes of Undergraduate Female Students toward Oocyte Donation in Nigeria
Foluke Olukemi Adeniji *
Department of community medicine, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria and Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Imade Uyi Obaseki
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Fejiro Vera Obodo
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Queen Ogbanga.
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Inumanye Nkechi Ojule
Department of community medicine, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria and Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Background: Invitro fertilization serves as a remarkable breakthrough technology to assist infertile couple have children of their own. This may involve the process of oocyte donation.
Objective: To assess attitude of undergraduate female students to oocyte donation in Rivers State, Nigeria.
Methodology: It was a descriptive cross-sectional study using a multi-stage sampling technique and a structured self-administered questionnaire for data collection. The questionnaire was completed by 372 respondents. The data was analyzed using Statistical Product and Service Solutions (version 25).
Results: Most of the respondents had a positive attitude towards oocyte donation, 259 (69.6%) reported that egg donation was a good way of helping couples without children. However, most were neutral towards supporting a friend to donate eggs. Almost half 177(47.6%) had a positive attitude to advertising via media as a good way of recruiting women for egg donation. More than half of the respondents 202(54.3%) were in agreement that the egg donor and the receiving couple should remain anonymous, though 128(34.4%) were of the opinion that children conceived through egg donation have the right to know about their genetic origin.
Conclusion: The majority of respondents had a positive attitude to egg donation but felt that the donor and receiving couples should remain anonymous.
Keywords: Attitude, oocyte donation, female undergraduates, Rivers state