Psychometric Assessment of the Brazilian Version of the Breastfeeding Self‐Efficacy Scale

Oriá, Mônica Oliveira Batista; Ximenes, Lorena Barbosa; Almeida, Pedro Afonso de Oliveira; Glick, Doris F.; Dennis, Cindy‐Lee

doi:10.1111/j.1525-1446.2009.00817.x

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“…Thus, it is observed that the adolescents had high levels of confidence to carry out the practice of breastfeeding. Other studies in the state of Ceará that have evaluated the self-efficacy of in women to breast-feed, with no specific age, has also shown that they have high self-efficacy [12,28]. Therefore, it is evident that women from Ceará that are assisted in public systems have confidence in the practice of breastfeeding.…”

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“…Thus, we used the internal consistency measured by Cronbach's Alpha (α) as indicative of reliability [12].…”

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“…There is scientific evidence that maternal selfefficacy has been proved to be important in association with initiation, duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding in the most diverse populations of women [12,13].…”

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Application and Validation of Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale – Short Form (BSES - SF) in Adolescent Mothers

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Objectives: Check the reliability and validity of Breastfeeding SelfEfficacy Scale -Short Form (BSES-SF) in Brazilian adolecent puerperal mothers who have recently given birth; and evaluate the association of scores of the BSES-SF with the socioeconomic and obstetric variables of the studied population.Methods: Methodological and quantitative study developed in a public maternity in Fortaleza involving 79 adolescent puerperal mothers. The BSES-SF and a form with socioeconomic and obstetric variables were used. Data were analyzed using the SPSS program, considering the Cronbach's Alpha (α) as a measure of reliability, and Pearson's correlation, with significance of 5%. Results:The BSES-SF is a reliable and valid measure (α = 0.807). The teenagers proved to be confident about the practice of breastfeeding (56.15 points). Only education level showed significant association with maternal self-efficacy of adolescents in breastfeeding (p = 0.032). Conclusion:The BSES-SF is a safe and effective tool in the detection of self-efficacy of adolescent mothers in breastfeeding, favoring their assistance in the process of breastfeeding and, hence, the reduction of early weaning.

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“…Thus, we used the internal consistency measured by Cronbach's Alpha (α) as indicative of reliability [12].…”

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“…The Cronbach's alpha coefficient was .96, and support for predictive validity was demonstrated through positive correlations between BSES scores and infant-feeding practices at 6 weeks postpartum [10] . The translation to Portuguese and psychometric assessment of the full BSES, which was coordinated by a Brazilian nurse research team in the northeast Brazil, is presented elsewhere [11,12] .…”

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Psychometric and maternal sociodemographic assessment of the breastfeeding self-efficacy scale - short form in a brazilian sample

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Almeida

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Objectives: This study was developed to psychometrically assess the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (BSES-SF) among women living in Fortaleza-CE-Brazil and to examine the relationship between breastfeeding self-efficacy and maternal demographic variables. Methods:This methodological study replicated the original psychometric assessment of the BSES-SF conducted in Canada. A convenience sample of 294 postpartum women were recruited.Results: The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the BSES-SF was 0.74. Significant relationship was found between breastfeeding self-efficacy and maternal age (r=0.138; p=0.018). No relationship was found between breastfeeding self-efficacy and maternal occupation, educational level, marital status, family income or number of pregnancy suggesting BSES-SF may be a unique tool to identifying women at risk to prematurely discontinue breastfeeding. Conclusions:The BSES-SF is a valid, instrument for measuring Brazilian women's confidence in their ability to breastfeed. Study results can be used by health workers to plan interventions targeting women in most need of support to reduce premature discontinuation.

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“…Its analysis permits identifying the women at greater risk for early weaning and making individual interventions when necessary. 20 Studies that analyzed this variable among adult mothers identified that, the greater the woman's trust, the greater the chance of maintaining breastfeeding longer. [21][22] Nevertheless, the trust to breastfeed among adolescent mothers has been hardly explored, although some studies have iden-tified that the young maternal age is one of the characteristics of the women who wean early.…”

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Comparison of Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Between Adolescent and Adult Mothers at a Maternity Hospital in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

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Brito³

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Objective: to measure and compare the breastfeeding self-efficacy between adolescents and adults mothers in the immediate postpartum.Method: is an observational, cross-sectional and comparative study, developed at a maternity hospital in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. Data were collected between January and July 2014. The sample consisted of 306 adult mothers and 94 adolescent mothers. The breastfeeding selfefficacy scores were obtained using the Brazilian version of the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale. Student t-test was used to compare the values of breastfeeding self-efficacy between the groups of participants. We considered a 5% significance level (p=0.05).Results: most adolescents and adults mothers (54%) presented high levels of breastfeeding self-efficacy and there was no statistically significant difference between the scores of the two groups (p=0.3482).Conclusion: health professionals need to be careful about breastfeeding self-efficacy in order to direct specific actions for each group of mothers (adolescents and adult mothers) to improve the breastfeeding rates. DESCRIPTORS:Breastfeeding. Self-efficacy. Confidence. Nursing. Maternal and child health. COMPARAÇÃO DA AUTOEFICÁCIA NA AMAMENTAÇÃO ENTRE PUÉRPERAS ADOLESCENTES E ADULTAS EM UMA MATERNIDADE DE RIBEIRÃO PRETO, BRASIL RESUMOObjetivo: verificar e comparar a autoeficácia na amamentação entre puérperas adolescentes e adultas no pós-parto imediato.Método: estudo observacional, transversal e comparativo, realizado no alojamento conjunto em uma maternidade, no município de Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo. A coleta de dados foi realizada de janeiro a julho de 2014. Participaram do estudo 306 puérperas adultas e 94 puérperas adolescentes. Para avaliar a autoeficácia na amamentação, foi utilizada a versão brasileira da Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale. O teste t de Student foi usado para comparar os valores de autoeficácia entre os grupos participantes. Foi considerado um nível de significância de 5% (p=0,05).Resultados: entre os dois grupos, a maioria (54%) apresentou autoeficácia elevada, e a diferença entre os escores não foi estatisticamente significativa (p=0,3482).Conclusão: os profissionais devem estar atentos à autoeficácia na amamentação, direcionando ações específicas aos grupos de mulheres adolescentes e adultas, favorecendo assim o aumento dos índices de aleitamento. Método: estudio observacional, transversal y comparativo, realizado en el alojamiento conjunto de una maternidad, en la ciudad de Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. La recolección de datos fue realizada en el período de enero a julio de 2014. La muestra fue constituida por 306 madres adultas y 94 adolescentes. La versión brasileña de la Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale evaluó la autoeficacia de la lactancia materna. Para comparar los valores de autoeficacia entre los grupos participantes, los valores fueron sometidos al test de t-Student. Fue considerado un nivel de significancia de 5% (p=0,05).Resultados: entre los grupos participantes la mayoría (54%) presentó niveles elevados de autoefic...

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Psychometric Assessment of the Brazilian Version of the Breastfeeding Self‐Efficacy Scale

Abstract: Altogether, our findings suggest that BSES translated into Portuguese may be a reliable and valid measure to assess maternal BSE in Brazilian culture. Minor changes may be needed to use it in other Portuguese-speaking countries, such as Portugal and Mozambique.

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Application and Validation of Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale – Short Form (BSES - SF) in Adolescent Mothers

Application and Validation of Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale – Short Form (BSES - SF) in Adolescent Mothers

Psychometric and maternal sociodemographic assessment of the breastfeeding self-efficacy scale - short form in a brazilian sample

Comparison of Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Between Adolescent and Adult Mothers at a Maternity Hospital in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

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