Attitudes of Undergraduate Female Students toward Oocyte Donation in Nigeria

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.