The effect of hospital-based breastfeeding group education given early perinatal period on breastfeeding self-efficacy and breastfeeding status
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2023
Yazarlar: Yeşim Yeşil, Aysun EKŞİOĞLU, Esin ÇEBER TURFAN
Journal of Neonatal Nursing, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Scopus, 2023, cilt 29, ss 81-90
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnn.2022.02.013
Özet
<p>Aim: This study was conducted to examine the effect of hospital-based group breastfeeding education provided to</p><p>mothers before discharge from the hospital on mothers’ self-efficacy and on the increase of breastfeeding rates.</p><p>Methods: This randomized controlled educational research was conducted in the hospital is located in the West of</p><p>Turkey. Ninety mothers who had healthy and term babies, and an intent to breastfeed their babies participated in</p><p>the study. The questionnaire forms were collected by the researcher using face to face interview technique. Chisquare,</p><p>dependent and independent groups t-test and ANOVA analysis were used along with descriptive statistics</p><p>in analyzing the data.</p><p>Results: Compared to the control group, the scores obtained from the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale were</p><p>higher in the education group in all the follow-ups. Similarly, status of exclusive breastfeeding was higher in the</p><p>education group compared to the control group. In the twelfth week, the rate of exclusive breastfeeding was</p><p>80.0% in the education group, while it was 47.5% in the control group.</p><p>Conclusion: These results show that breastfeeding group education and follow-up counseling given before</p><p>discharge from the hospital were effective. This is evidence in favor of increasing the use of group education.</p><p>This RCT was registered NCT04515862 with www.clinicaltrials.gov on 2020.</p>