Breastfeeding self-efficacy among blind mothers.

Autor: Dias SA; Centro Universitário Estácio do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil., Silva TQ; Centro Universitário Estácio do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil., Venâncio DO; Centro Universitário Estácio do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil., Chaves AFL; Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil., Lima ACMACC; Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil., Oliveira MGD; Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Jazyk: English; Portuguese
Zdroj: Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2018 Nov-Dec; Vol. 71 (6), pp. 2969-2973.
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0942
Abstrakt: Objective: To evaluate breastfeeding self-efficacy among blind mothers.
Method: This is a descriptive and exploratory research carried out in Fortaleza-Ceara, with ten blind mothers. Data were collected through an interview with the application of a socioeconomic and obstetric questionnaire and the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale - Short Form.
Results: The majority of blind mothers presented high breastfeeding self-efficacy, but there were also mothers with low breastfeeding self-efficacy.
Conclusion: It is necessary to follow-up mothers throughout the entire breastfeeding period to maintain or improve breastfeeding self-efficacy in this specific public.
Databáze: MEDLINE