Table 2.
Self-efficacy in breastfeeding before and after childbirth and duration of exclusive breastfeeding in control and intervention groups.
| Self-efficacy | Control group n = 60 |
Intervention group n = 60 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | |||
| Self-efficacy in the last month of pregnancy | 104.4 ± 13.8 | 105.28 ± 16.3 | 0.12 |
| Self-efficacy one month after childbirth | 101.7 ± 12.19 | 123.66 ± 12.4 | P < 0.001 |
| Mean difference of self-efficacy | −2.70 ± 13.7 | 18.38 ± 12.4 | P < 0.001 |
| Exclusive breastfeeding (months) | 2.73 ± 1.69 | 5.03 ± 1.6 | P < 0.001 |
| Exclusive breastfeeding N (%) |
16 (26.6%) | 44 (73.3) | P < 0.001 |