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Applying comprehensive nursing intervention to improve mother?s confidence and breastfeeding rate in China

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  • Dai Hongxia

    (Macao Polytechnic Institute, School of Health Sciences)

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Objective: To explore mother?s breastfeeding confidence and infant feeding methods after applying comprehensive nursing intervention among postpartum women in China.Methods: The study was a prospective clinical experimental research. Using cluster sampling method, the control group (n=331) received general care with verbal education. The treatment group (n=329) received ?comprehensive nursing intervention of exclusive breastfeeding?, include a practical handbook on breastfeeding, instruction of breastfeeding skills through face-to-face at bed-side in hospital. They completed questionnaires and Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale (BSES) before discharge. The Chinese version of BSES include 32 items, to evaluate mother?s breastfeeding confidence. The score range from 32 to 160, high score represent high breastfeeding confidence. The scale?s Cronbach?? was 0.93. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 17.0 (SPSS 17.0) was used. Results: Before discharge, the mean scores of BSES in the treatment group were 122.1±17.02, which was higher than that of the control group (113.07±18.99), p

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  • Dai Hongxia, 2016. "Applying comprehensive nursing intervention to improve mother?s confidence and breastfeeding rate in China," Proceedings of International Academic Conferences 4006375, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences.
    • Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:4006375
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    Keywords

    Breastfeeding; Confidence; Nursing intervention; Breastfeeding rates; China;
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    • I00 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - General - - - General
    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General

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