Awareness and perception of assisted reproductive technology practice amongst women with infertility in Northern Nigeria
Adebiyi Gbadebo Adesiyun, Nkeiruka Ameh, Solomon Avidime, Abdulsalam Muazu
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DOI: 10.4236/ojog.2011.13027   PDF    HTML     6,485 Downloads   15,360 Views   Citations

Abstract

Background: Involuntary infertility is a tragedy in most African setting. This is due to premium placed on fertility as a result of roles children fulfill in the family and the society. Aetiologic factors of infertility in sub-Saharan Africa are mostly infection related and they are mainly associated with poor treatment outcome to conventional non assisted conception technique. Objective: To evaluate the level of awareness and perception of assisted conception treatment among women attending fertility clinic. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study. Results: One hundred and ninety six women attending fertility clinic were interviewed. Mean age was 34.8year and mean duration of infertility of 4.1 years. Of the 196 infertile women interviewed, 150 (76.5%) have heard of Assisted Reproductive Technology treatment. Sources of information were mainly family relation (46%) and friends (28.7%). Knowledge on some of Assisted Reproductive Technology practices showed that 50.7% were aware that the treatment could fail, 36.8% knew it could be applied for male infertility treatment, 9.3% and 18.7% respectively are aware that donor oocyte and sperm could be used for treatment. Perception on babies conceived from assisted conception treatment revealed that 52% of patients interviewed could not comment if they are normal and natural babies. Majority of patients could not affirm if they will agree to the use of donor gamete or zygote for their treatment. Conclusion: Awareness of assisted conception treatment was high, however knowledge on specifics of treatment was low and perception on some of the practices was unfavorable. Sensitization of the public will help overcome some beliefs that may be at tangent to some practices of assisted conception.

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Adesiyun, A. , Ameh, N. , Avidime, S. and Muazu, A. (2011) Awareness and perception of assisted reproductive technology practice amongst women with infertility in Northern Nigeria. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1, 144-148. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2011.13027.

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