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Breastfeeding Self-efficacy and Related Socio-demographic, Perinatal and Psychological Factors: a Cross-sectional Study Among Postpartum Greek Women
BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that breastfeeding self-efficacy constitutes a determinant used to forecast breastfeeding behaviours. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the factors associated to breastfeeding self-efficacy and identify its predictors among Greek women in their immediate...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8563051/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34759779 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2021.33.206-212 |
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author | Tsaras, Konstantinos Sorokina, Tatiana Papathanasiou, Ioanna V. Fradelos, Evangelos C. Papagiannis, Dimitrios Koulierakis, George |
author_facet | Tsaras, Konstantinos Sorokina, Tatiana Papathanasiou, Ioanna V. Fradelos, Evangelos C. Papagiannis, Dimitrios Koulierakis, George |
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description | BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that breastfeeding self-efficacy constitutes a determinant used to forecast breastfeeding behaviours. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the factors associated to breastfeeding self-efficacy and identify its predictors among Greek women in their immediate postpartum period. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the General Hospital of Volos, Greece. A convenience sample of 120 postpartum women who gave birth at the hospital and met all the inclusion criteria were invited to participate; 100 responded. Questionnaires on socio-demographic, perinatal and breastfeeding-related characteristics, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, and the Breastfeeding Self-Efficiency Scale were completed. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed with the use of the linear regression model. RESULTS: Women reported a rather good level of breastfeeding self-efficacy (mean = 3.65; SD = 0.85) in the early postpartum period. 52% of women carried out exclusive breastfeeding in the hospital. The prevalence of postnatal depression was 25%. The best-fit regression analysis revealed four predictors (timing of the mother’s decision to breastfeed, infant’s feeding pattern, previous breastfeeding experience, levels of postnatal depression) explaining 44.7% of the variance in breastfeeding self-efficacy. CONCLUSION: Acknowledging the determinants which affect breastfeeding self-efficacy of women in the immediate postpartum period is a necessary condition in designing targeted intervention services. |
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spelling | pubmed-85630512021-11-09 Breastfeeding Self-efficacy and Related Socio-demographic, Perinatal and Psychological Factors: a Cross-sectional Study Among Postpartum Greek Women Tsaras, Konstantinos Sorokina, Tatiana Papathanasiou, Ioanna V. Fradelos, Evangelos C. Papagiannis, Dimitrios Koulierakis, George Mater Sociomed Original Paper BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that breastfeeding self-efficacy constitutes a determinant used to forecast breastfeeding behaviours. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the factors associated to breastfeeding self-efficacy and identify its predictors among Greek women in their immediate postpartum period. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the General Hospital of Volos, Greece. A convenience sample of 120 postpartum women who gave birth at the hospital and met all the inclusion criteria were invited to participate; 100 responded. Questionnaires on socio-demographic, perinatal and breastfeeding-related characteristics, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, and the Breastfeeding Self-Efficiency Scale were completed. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed with the use of the linear regression model. RESULTS: Women reported a rather good level of breastfeeding self-efficacy (mean = 3.65; SD = 0.85) in the early postpartum period. 52% of women carried out exclusive breastfeeding in the hospital. The prevalence of postnatal depression was 25%. The best-fit regression analysis revealed four predictors (timing of the mother’s decision to breastfeed, infant’s feeding pattern, previous breastfeeding experience, levels of postnatal depression) explaining 44.7% of the variance in breastfeeding self-efficacy. CONCLUSION: Acknowledging the determinants which affect breastfeeding self-efficacy of women in the immediate postpartum period is a necessary condition in designing targeted intervention services. AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2021-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8563051/ /pubmed/34759779 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2021.33.206-212 Text en © 2021 Konstantinos Tsaras, Tatiana Sorokina, Ioanna V. Papathanasiou, Evangelos C. Fradelos, Dimitrios Papagiannis, George Koulierakis https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Tsaras, Konstantinos Sorokina, Tatiana Papathanasiou, Ioanna V. Fradelos, Evangelos C. Papagiannis, Dimitrios Koulierakis, George Breastfeeding Self-efficacy and Related Socio-demographic, Perinatal and Psychological Factors: a Cross-sectional Study Among Postpartum Greek Women |
title | Breastfeeding Self-efficacy and Related Socio-demographic, Perinatal and Psychological Factors: a Cross-sectional Study Among Postpartum Greek Women |
title_full | Breastfeeding Self-efficacy and Related Socio-demographic, Perinatal and Psychological Factors: a Cross-sectional Study Among Postpartum Greek Women |
title_fullStr | Breastfeeding Self-efficacy and Related Socio-demographic, Perinatal and Psychological Factors: a Cross-sectional Study Among Postpartum Greek Women |
title_full_unstemmed | Breastfeeding Self-efficacy and Related Socio-demographic, Perinatal and Psychological Factors: a Cross-sectional Study Among Postpartum Greek Women |
title_short | Breastfeeding Self-efficacy and Related Socio-demographic, Perinatal and Psychological Factors: a Cross-sectional Study Among Postpartum Greek Women |
title_sort | breastfeeding self-efficacy and related socio-demographic, perinatal and psychological factors: a cross-sectional study among postpartum greek women |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8563051/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34759779 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2021.33.206-212 |
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