Assessment of Willingness and Attitude of Female Undergraduates of Universities in Kwara State, Nigeria towards Egg Donation to Infertile Couples
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2022-07
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Background: Literature is limited on research focusing on attitudes and willingness of undergraduate females, who are the target population for egg donation clinics. This study investigated the attitude of female undergraduates in Kwara State, north-central Nigeria, towards ethical issues in egg donation and their willingness to donate egg to infertile couples.
Methods: We used a descriptive cross-sectional study design. A multistage sampling technique was also used to select 559 female undergraduates in universities in Kwara State enrolled for the 2017/2018 academic session. An adapted questionnaire validated and tested for reliability (r = 0.86) was used for data collection. IBM SPSS version 20 was used to analyse the data. Percentage was used to answer research questions, while Chi-square was employed to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.
The Results: Majority of the respondents were 15-20 years old 371 (66.3%), unmarried 541 (96.8%), Muslims 338 (60.5%), Yoruba (82.8%) and first-year students 304 (54.4%). Only a few respondents 100 (17.8%) believed it is good to support egg donation. Majority 357 (63.9%) believed that egg donors should be compensated (in cash or kind). Only 187 (33.4%) respondents agreed that egg donor and egg recipient should know each other. In addition, majority 503 (89.9%) of the respondents said they would not disclose their involvement in egg donation to their spouses. Slightly more than half (54.9%) of the respondents are not willing to donate their eggs for fear of the procedure, religious and cultural reasons.
Conclusion: Female undergraduates in the study area are not in support of egg donation and are mostly unwilling to donate their eggs. The university authorities should include egg donation as a topic in General Studies (GNS) to keep female students abreast of issues in egg donation to enable them make informed decisions prior to donation.