Table 3.
Overall Preoperative and All Postoperative Average Outcome Measure Scores (n = 237).
| Breastfeeding Outcome Measures |
Preoperative Mean (SD) |
1 Week Postoperative, Mean (SD) |
1 Month Postoperative, Mean (SD) |
F Test Statistic, df = 2 | P Valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSES‐SF total score | 43.9 (12.6) | 52.3 (11.4) | 56.5 (10.8) | 212.3 | <.001 |
| I‐GERQ‐R total score | 16.5 (6.1) | 13.2 (5.0) | 11.6 (4.9) | 85.3 | <.001 |
| VAS pain score | 4.6 (2.7) | 2.2 (1.8) | 1.5 (1.7) | 259.8 | <.001 |
a
P values reflect overall significance between all within‐subjects time points using repeated measures analysis of variance F test results.
BSES‐SF = Breastfeeding Self‐Efficacy Scale‐Short Form; df = degrees of freedom; I‐GERQ‐R = revised Infant Gastroesophageal Reflux Questionnaire; SD = standard deviation; VAS = visual analog scale;