Breastfeeding competency scale (BCS); development and validation of an evaluation instrument on breastfeeding competency in third trimester pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breastfeeding plays an important role in the early stages of humans and throughout the development process. Breastfeeding competency is a self-assessment of pregnant women's overall competency to breastfeeding which could predict the breastfeeding behaviours of pregnant women. However, a valid and reliable scale for assessing breastfeeding competency has not yet been developed and validated. This study was conducted to develop and validate an assessment scale designed to assess pregnant women's breastfeeding competency in the third trimester: the Breastfeeding Competency Scale (BCS).

Methods

The BCS was developed and validated over three phases between September 2018 and September 2019, and these phases included item statistical analysis, exploratory factor analys

SUBMITTER: Wu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7934416 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature