Evaluation of the effect of family-centered empowerment education of enhancing breastfeeding behavior in primiparas / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effects of breastfeeding behavior through the implementation of family-centered empowerment education in primiparas.Methods According to random digit table,128primiparas in our hospitals were divided into the experimental group and the control group with 64 cases in each group from August 2014 to April 2015.At last 58 patients in the observation group and 59 patients in the control group completed the research.Those primiparas in the experimental group were given the familycentered empowerment education.The control group received conventional methods.Results The scores of breastfeeding self-efficacy,perceived social support and breastfeeding behavior of primiparas in the experimental group were 129.64±12.94,58.94±8.97,89.84±11.32,higher than the control group,101.78±78.67,50.27±10.56,71.56±12.03,the differences had statistical significance between two groups,t=9.656-10.487,P ＜ 0.05.Conclusions Using the family-centered empowerment education can effectively improve the breastfeeding self-efficacy,perceived social support and breastfeeding behavior in primiparas.