Detail Cantuman

ABSTRACT
Introduction: All women should be offered support to breastfeed their babies
to increase the duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding. This study aims to
assess the level of marital satisfaction and its influence to prenatal
breastfeeding self-efficacy in first time mothers during late pregnancy.
Methods: A descriptive correlational study was conducted among 128
systematically sampled primigravid women who agreed to participate and had
prenatal care check-up in the health center at the time of data gathering. The
instruments used were 15-item Marital Adjustment Test (MAT) to measure
marital adjustment and 14-item Breastfeeding Self efficacy Scale-Short Form
(BSES-SF) as a measure of breastfeeding self-efficacy. Pearson’s correlation
coefficient was utilized to test the relationships between the sample’s marital
adjustment scores to correlate with BFSE of the respondents. Fisher’s t test was
utilized to determine the significance of correlations. A p-value of equal to or
less than .05 was considered statistically significant.
Results: The study revealed that the sampled mothers have a high level of
marital adjustment score (112.05± 21.83). Prenatal mothers responded in the
study were highly confident and have high self-efficacy in breastfeeding first
child currently bearing (4.55±.51). Lastly, it was found that there is no
significant correlation between marital adjustment and prenatal breastfeeding
self-efficacy (β=-.052, p-value=.280).
Conclusion: It was found that there is a high level of marital adjustment and
breastfeeding self-efficacy among sampled mothers. However, there is no
significant correlation between marital adjustment and prenatal breastfeeding
self-efficacy. The study suggests incorporating co-parenting intervention
involving father’s involvement and assistance with breastfeeding when
creating interventions in breastfeeding.