The Beginning Breastfeeding Survey: measuring mothers' perceptions of breastfeeding effectiveness during the postpartum hospitalization. Res Nurs Health 2010 Aug;33(4):329-44
Date
07/21/2010Pubmed ID
20645422DOI
10.1002/nur.20384Scopus ID
2-s2.0-77955855002 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 11 CitationsAbstract
No current breastfeeding assessment tool assesses the mother's perception of breastfeeding effectiveness during the early postpartum. Psychometric analysis of a new tool, the Beginning Breastfeeding Survey (BBS), in a multi-racial sample of 131 women revealed a coefficient alpha of .90. Factor analysis yielded three factors, (a) Maternal Breastfeeding Competence and Emotional Satisfaction, (b) Maternal Discomfort and Anxiety, and (c) Infant Breastfeeding Skill and Emotional Satisfaction. The BBS demonstrated discriminant validity in known group analyses and convergent validity with breastfeeding self-efficacy and postpartum fatigue. Future research will focus on improving the internal consistency reliability of the BBS and examining its ability to identify women at risk for breastfeeding problems during the postpartum hospitalization.
Author List
Mulder PJ, Johnson TSAuthor
Teresa Johnson PhD Associate Professor in the Nursing department at University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdolescentAdult
Breast Feeding
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Humans
Midwestern United States
Mothers
Nursing Assessment
Postpartum Period
Pregnancy
Prospective Studies
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Self Efficacy
Surveys and Questionnaires
