The effect of maternal functional and postpartum depression status on breastfeeding self-efficacy of the mothers: A cross-sectional study

Abstract

In this study, the researchers investigated the effect of maternal functioning and postpartum depression status on breastfeeding self-efficacy of mothers. The study was conducted with 254 mothers with babies aged 2-6 months old. The total mean scores of the mothers were found to be 57.201 ± 7.612 on the breastfeeding self-efficacy scale, 8.516 ± 5.304 on the postpartum depression scale, and 74.055 ± 11.738 on the maternal functioning scale. 21.3% of mothers had a risk of postpartum depression. A negative relationship was found between breastfeeding self-efficacy and postpartum depression scores (p < 0.001), and a positive relationship was seen between breastfeeding self-efficacy and maternal functioning scores (p < 0.001). Maternal functioning and postpartum depression status were found to have a cumulative effect of 31.5% on maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy (F = 59.086 R²=0.315).

Acknowledgements

This study is master thesis and was presented as an oral presentation at 2nd International and 3rd National Congress of Postpartum Care to be held in Konya, Turkey, on 3-6 October 2019. We would like to thank all the mother who participated to our research.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Ethıcal approval

Ethics Approval was received for this study from the Ethics Committee of Karadeniz Technical Universty Medicine Faculty Farabi Hospital (Date: 05.10.2018, No: 605).

Correction Statement

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