Table 2.
Answers to the self-administered questionnaire
| Questions | Fathers (n = 200) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | Disagree | Neutral | ||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| 1 | Antenatal care (3rd step) | |||
| I received sufficient information on breastfeeding management | 135 (67.5) | 65 (32.5) | - | |
| Breastfeeding offers health benefits for infants | 196 (98) | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | |
| Breastfeeding offers health benefits for mothers | 174 (87) | 24 (12) | 2 (1) | |
| Breastfeeding benefits society | 129 (64.5) | 59 (29.5) | 12 (6) | |
| 2 | Perinatal care (4th step) | |||
| Skin-to-skin contact after birth is a valuable opportunity | 199 (99.5) | 1 (0.5) | - | |
| 3 | Breastfeeding support (5th step) | |||
| I feel personally involved in feeding my baby | 158 (79) | 42 (21) | - | |
| 4 | Rooming-in (7th step) | |||
| Rooming-in affects breastfeeding initiation | 158 (79) | 30 (15) | 12 (6) | |
| 5 | Responsive feeding (8th step) | |||
| Breastfeeding on-demand is beneficial | 135 (67.5) | 54 (27) | 11 (5.5) | |
| 6 | Use of pacifier (9th step) | |||
| Breastfed infants should not use pacifiers in the first month of life | 102 (51) | 79 (39.5) | 19 (9.5) | |
| 7 | Staff competency and discharge (2nd and 10th step) | |||
| Information received during hospital stay and at discharge was clear | 174 (87) | 18 (9) | 8 (4) | |
| 8 | Breastfeeding does not complicate everyday life | 59 (29.5) | 129 (64.5) | 12 (6) |
| 9 | Mothers can breastfeed wherever they are | 186 (93) | 14 (7) | - |
This table provides details of the answers to the various items of the questionnaire given by fathers enrolled in the study