KNOWLEDGE REGARDING OOCYTE CRYOPRESERVATION AMONG NURSING STUDENTS OF SELECTED COLLEGE OF KATHMANDU, NEPAL

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 socio-demographic 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.