University school for health sciences students' opinions about infertility

Abstract

This research was conducted as a descriptive study for the purpose of determining the opinions of students about infertility who are in health education, are single and do not have children. There were 246 students in the sample who were registered in the Nursing and Health Officer Schools of Denizli School for Health Sciences of Pamukkale University. It was planned to conducted the research on the entire population however because some students did not want to participate a total of 227 students were included in the study sample. Data were collected between May-June 2005 using a demographic question form and a "Survey of Opinions about Infertility." The mean age of the students was 21.62±2.38. Of the participating students, 50.2% were in nursing school, 55.1% were female and 79.3% were not employed anywhere. It was determined that 64.8% of the students wanted to have two children and 14.1% had a family member with infertility. A statistically significant difference was found between the school the students were attending, their gender and the number of children they wanted to have with their opinions about infertility (p<0.05). The students in the health officer school and the students who wanted to have a lot of male children had more negative opinions about infertility. There was no statistically significant relationship found between the students' age group, employment status and status of having a family member with infertility with their opinions about infertility (p>0.05).

Özet

Bu çalışma, sağlık eğitimi alan, bekar ve çocuk sahibi olmayan öğrencilerin infertilite hakkındaki görüşlerini belirlemek amacıyla tanımlayıcı olarak yapılmıştır. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Denizli Sağlık Yüksekokulu Hemşirelik ve Sağlık Memurluğu bölümlerinde öğrenim gören 246 öğrenci örnekleme alınmış; evren üzerinde çalışmış ancak çalışmaya katılmak istemeyen öğrencilerin olması nedeniyle 227 kişi örnekleme dahil edilmiştir. Veriler Mayıs-Haziran 2005 tarihleri arasında, demografik soru formu ve “İnfertiliteye Yönelik Görüş Anketi” ile elde edilmiştir. Öğrencilerin yaş ortalaması 21,62±2,38’dır. Öğrencilerin %50,2’si hemşirelik bölümünde öğrenim görmekte, %55,1’i kız ve %79,3’ü herhangi bir işte çalışmamaktadır. Öğrencilerin %64,8’i 2 çocuk sahibi olmayı istediğini ve %14,1’i ailesinde infertil birey olduğunu belirtmiştir. Öğrencilerin devam ettikleri bölüm, cinsiyet ve sahip olmayı istedikleri çocuk sayısı ile infertiliteye yönelik görüşleri arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark saptanmıştır (p 0.05).