Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Child Adoption among Infertile Female Patients in Sokoto North-West Nigeria
| Autor: | E I Nwobodo, Y A Isah |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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| Zdroj: | Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, Vol 18, Iss 4, Pp 272-275 (2011) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1117-1936 2468-6875 |
| Popis: | Aims and objective : To determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of child adoption among infertile female patients at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) Sokoto. Patients and Methods : Semi structured interview questionnaire was administered to 250 consecutive infertile female patients (between January 2008 and November 2009) at UDUTH Sokoto who agreed to participate in the study after counseling. The data was analysed by simple percentages, descriptive statistics, chi-square tests and regression equations at 95% confidence level. Results : Knowledge of child adoption was high (74.8%). However only 1.2% of the respondents had adopted a child while 27.2% were willing to adopt. Willingness for child adoption was significantly higher in patients whose duration of infertility was greater than 5 years (OR=6.0, P |
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