KNOWLEDGE REGARDING OOCYTE CRYOPRESERVATION AMONG NURSING STUDENTS OF SELECTED COLLEGE OF KATHMANDU, NEPAL
Dahal Punam*, Tamang Manika
ABSTRACT
Background: "Egg freezing" or "Oocyte cryopreservation" which has grown in popularity in recent years around
the world including Nepal. It is a procedure used to postpone pregnancy for social reasons. Nursing students are
future healthcare professionals, plays a pivotal role in patient education, advocacy and support. Knowledge with
Oocyte Cryopreservation is crucial for them to empower and support patients' reproductive rights and choices
while they work as front-line caregivers. So, this study is aimed to find out the Knowledge regarding Oocyte
Cryopreservation among Nursing Students of Selected College of Kathmandu, Nepal. Methodology: A
Descriptive cross-sectional study design was used to conducted study among 58 nursing students of Norvic
College of Health Sciences and Technologies, Kathmandu, Nepal by using non-probability total enumeration
technique. Data were collected using Self developed self - administered semi-structured questionnaire. The
Collected data were entered in SPSS software version 20 and analyzed by using descriptive statistics such as
frequency, percentage and inferential statistics such as chi square and fisher exact tests were used for measuring
association between selected independent variables with level of knowledge then it is presented in tables.
Findings: The study findings reveals that approximately nine percentage of the respondents had adequate
knowledge, majority of the respondents (74.1%) had moderate level of knowledge and less than one fourth of the
respondents (17.2%) had inadequate level of knowledge regarding Oocyte Cryopreservation. There is no
significant association between the level of knowledge regarding Oocyte Cryopreservation selected sociodemographic
variables at 0.05 (Chi Square p- value). Conclusion: This study concludes that majority of the
respondents had moderate level of knowledge and only few percentages had adequate level of the knowledge,
which can be increased to 100% by conducting training programs and adding contents of Oocyte Cryopreservation
in the course curriculum.
Keywords: Knowledge, Oocyte Cryopreservation, Nursing Students.
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