Original Article
Correlates of Anxiety Levels among Patients Undergoing
Hysterosalpingography Assessment for Tubal Factor
Infertility in Makurdi, Nigeria
Author(s):
Muhammad Hameed*, Labe Ransome Msughve, Utoo Bernard Terkimbi and Jogo Andrea Avershima
Background: Hysterosalpingography is a specialized radiological procedure that is used to assess tubal patency for female factor infertility evaluation. Patients who come for this procedure are understood to have anxiety. Aim: To determine the levels of patient anxiety that will be necessary for pre-counselling before exposure to hysterosalpingography. To examine the significant difference between the patients’ social demographic variables and levels of anxiety experienced. Patients/Methods: The study adopted a pre-test descriptive design to evaluate patient’s levels of anxiety with the state-trait anxiety scale. A total of 109 women undergoing hysterosalpingography were drawn through a convenience sampling technique. Results: The results shows that women waiting for exposure t.. Read More»
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