The Relationship between the Maternal Self -Efficacy and the Duration of Breastfeeding | ||||
Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing | ||||
Article 9, Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2018, Page 165-178 PDF (331.76 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/pssjn.2018.34055 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Amal Ahamed Khalil1; Nagwa Rizk Mohammed2; Rehab Hani Elkazaz2; Fatma Radwan Abdelhamed* 3 | ||||
1Professor of Pediatric Nursing, aculty of Nursing;Port-Said University | ||||
2Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing; Faculty of Nursing; Port-Said University | ||||
3clinical instructor at technical institute of nursing | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Breastfeeding self-efficacy (BFSE) refers to a mother's perceived ability to breastfeed newborn, and is a salient variable in breastfeeding duration as it predicts whether a mother chooses to breastfeed or not. The Aim: of this study was to assess the relationship between mother's self-efficacy and breastfeeding duration. The study was carried out at the postpartum unit and obstetric inpatient at Port Said general hospital on 100 mothers having breastfeeding using Descriptive, corelational design. Data were collected by an interview questionnaire and mother's self-efficacy scale. The study lasted from beginning of January 2015 to the end of August 2015. Results: of the study revealed that, there was a statistically significant relationship between baseline self-efficacy and breastfeeding duration. Also that highly statistical significance association between the mother's self-efficacy scores and their total knowledge score Mothers who scored higher and moderate on the breastfeeding selfefficacy scale breastfeed longer than six months .Therefore, the study has Recommended: that, there is a need for national programs about benefits and duration of breastfeeding for health professionals especially nurses, as well as for mothers. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
duration of breastfeeding; Self_Efficacy | ||||
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