Malawi Üniversitesi Tıp Kolejindeki erkek öğrenciler sperm bağışı hakkında ne diyor?

AMAÇ: Bu çalışmada, Tıp Kolejindeki erkek öğrenciler arasında sperm bağışı konusunda bilgi ve tutumların değerlendirilmesi hedeflenmiştir. YÖNTEM: Tıp Kolejinde Premedikal Bilimler, MBSS, Eczacılık, Fizyoterapi ve Tıbbi Laboratuvar bölümlerinde okuyan öğrencilere yarı yapılandırılmış soru formu uygulanmıştır. Çalışmada yer alan 180 öğrenci soru formunu doldurmuştur. BULGULAR: Katılımcıların yaşları 15+43 yıl arasında değişmekteydi ve ortalaması 21,21 idi. Katılımcıların 130 (%72,2)’u araştırma veya tedavi amaçlarıyla sperm bağışı olgusunun farkında iken 50 (%27,8) öğrenci hiç duymamıştı. Katılımcıların 86 (%47,8)’sı spermlerini bağışlamaya istekli olduklarını beyan ettiler. Sperm bağışı için temel motivasyon kaynağı para ödenmesiydi. Katılımcıları sperm vermekten uzak tutan temel faktörler %42,6’sı için dini inanca uymaması, %50,0’ı içinse ahlaki açıdan yanlış olduğundan bağışlama konusunda kendilerini rahat hissetmemeleriydi. SONUÇ: Tıp Koleji öğrencileri arasında sperm bağışı konusunda yüksek farkındalık düzeyine rağmen yarıdan fazlası isteksizce reddetmiştir. Toplumun medya yolu ile aydınlatılması ve sperm bağışı hakındaki yanlış yargıların düzeltilmesi bu sorunu çözmede uzun bir yol olacaktır.

What do male students at the College of Medicine of the University of Malawi say about semen donation?

AIM: This study was aimed at assessing knowledge and attitude to semen donation among male students at the College of Medicine METHOD: A semi-structured questionnaire survey was administered to students doing Pre-Medical Sciences, MBBS, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, and Medical Laboratory Science degrees at the College of Medicine. There were 180 respondents who took part in this study. Their ages ranged from 15 to 43 years with a mean of 21.21 years RESULTS: Ages of respondents ranged from 15 to 43 years with a mean of 21.21 years A total of 130 (72.2%) of the respondents were aware of the practice of sperm donation for research purposes or the treatment of infertility while 50 students had never heard of it. A total of 86 (47.8%) students reported their willingness to donate their semen. The main motivation for wanting to donate sperm was to get paid. The leading factors which discouraged the respondents from donating semen were that the practice was either against their religious belief (42.6%), or that they were not comfortable with the practice of semen donation because it was morally wrong (50.0%). CONCLUSION: Despite having the high level of awareness of semen donation among male students of the College of Medicine, more than half of them were unfavourably disposed to it. Public enlightenment through the mass media and correction of false notions about semen donation will go a long way in addressing this problem

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