Call for Change in Women's Attitudes at Beni-Suef University Toward Postponing Pregnancy and Oocyte Cryopreservation

Research Abstract

Background: Fertility nurses assist infertile couples through cryopreservation, enabling healthy behavior changes and informed decisions. They educate women on oocyte cryopreservation, procedures, and medications, and emphasize the age-fertility relationship, integrating them into evidence-based medicine and technologies. Aim: The current study was conducted to evaluate the effect of an educational program on females’ attitudes toward postponed pregnancy and oocyte cryopreservation at Beni-Suef University. Subjects and Methods: Design: A quasi-experimental design was used. Sample and Settings: A study from Beni-Suef University on a purposive sample consisted of 334 working females at Beni-Suef University. Tools: (I): An Arabic-structured interview questionnaire sheet, Tool (II): Females' attitudes regarding oocyte cryopreservation. Results: It presents that 72.8% reported that they delayed marriage to complete their studies, 62.9% had no background on oocyte cryopreservation. There is a statistically significant relation between studied females attitude level and delayed marriage pre & post-program (P-Value= 0.013, 0.019), respectively. 1.5% of studied females who delayed pregnancy had positive attitude level pre-program which improved to 32.9% post-program and 1.8% of studied females who delayed pregnancy had positive attitude level pre-program which improved to 24.6% post-program. Conclusion: Based on the findings of the present study, it can be concluded women's attitudes at Beni-Suef University toward postponing pregnancy and oocyte cryopreservation positively changed after program implementation. Recommendations: Cooperation between the Ministry of Health and Egyptian Dar Al-Ifta to raise public attitudes about the use of modern technology in oocyte cryopreservation and the use of all health institutions for implementing the health education sessions.

Research Keywords

Women's Attitudes; Beni-Suef University; Oocyte Cryopreservation