Publications by authors named "Francis J M K Damalie"
Fertility knowledge, childbearing intentions and attitudes towards social egg freezing: A study of female students of a private university in Kumasi, Ghana.
BMC Womens Health
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- Women are delaying having kids for school and work, so it's important to know how getting older affects fertility and egg freezing can help.
- A study with 138 female students in Kumasi, Ghana found that many thought they knew about fertility issues but were misinformed, especially thinking problems start at 40.
- Most students wanted to have kids with a partner, were interested in egg freezing but worried about the cost, and didn't know much about it overall.
Recurrent pregnancy loss devastates parents and frustrates doctors, especially when the pregnancy progresses to the second trimester. Cervical insufficiency is the most common cause of second-trimester pregnancy loss. Abdominal cerclage is the treatment option for women with failed vaginally applied cervical cerclage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Misoprostol has become a popular over the counter self-administered abortifacient in Ghana. This study aimed to compare the socio-demographic characteristics and clinical complications associated with misoprostol and non-misoprostol induced abortions among patients admitted to a tertiary public health facility in Ghana.
Methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted at the gynaecological ward of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), over a four-month period using a structured pre-tested questionnaire.