The Knowledge and Opinions About Breastfeeding of Turkish Fathers

Hale Uyar Hazar; Dilan Gökay

Makale detayları

The Knowledge and Opinions About Breastfeeding of Turkish Fathers

Yazarlar:

Hale Uyar Hazar | Dilan Gökay

Yayıncı:

Aydin Adnan Menderes University

Ana Başlıklar:

Doğum ve Kadın Hastalıkları Hemşireliği

Dergi:

Hemşirelik Bilimi Dergisi Vol.8 Issue 2, pp.221-230

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001356565

pISSN:

2636-8439

Anahtar kelimeler:

Özet:

 Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge and opinions about breastfeeding of Turkish fathers. Methods: The study was an analytical cross-sectional study conducted between January and June 2019 with 340 fathers at the obstetrics clinic of a Hospital in Aydın, Turkey. A Descriptive Information Form and a Checklist to Identify Knowledge and Opinions of Fathers about Breastfeeding were used in the collection of data. The analysis of the data was carried out with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, descriptive statistics, Z and χ² values, the Mann Whitney-U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, and Spearmans correlation analysis test p0,05. Results: The mean age of the fathers was 31.105.87 min17, max54; the mean score for knowledge and opinions about breastfeeding was 22.203.33 min8, max34. The highest score the fathers displayed in terms of correct answers to the questions on their knowledge and opinions was 91.8 in When my wife starts to breastfeed, I do things to make her comfortable such as giving her pillows or a glass of water and in terms of wrong answers, 73.2 in Breastfeeding does not affect a mothers work. Accordingly, it was found that the correlation between the knowledge and opinions of fathers mean score and the fathers age was noticeably high r0.99, p0.67, but that the same correlation was weak in terms of duration of marriage r0.26, p0.629. Conclusion: The knowledge and opinions of fathers about breastfeeding score was at a moderate level, and age was found to have an effect on fathers knowledge and opinions on breastfeeding. Providing knowledge and opinions about breastfeeding of fathers through a father-friendly breastfeeding approach could improve long-term exclusive breastfeeding rates, but more studies, perhaps multicenter and with longer follow-up periods, are needed to confirm this hypothesis.

 Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge and opinions about breastfeeding of Turkish fathers. Methods: The study was an analytical cross-sectional study conducted between January and June 2019 with 340 fathers at the obstetrics clinic of a Hospital in Aydın, Turkey. A Descriptive Information Form and a Checklist to Identify Knowledge and Opinions of Fathers about Breastfeeding were used in the collection of data. The analysis of the data was carried out with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, descriptive statistics, Z and χ² values, the Mann Whitney-U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, and Spearmans correlation analysis test p0,05. Results: The mean age of the fathers was 31.105.87 min17, max54; the mean score for knowledge and opinions about breastfeeding was 22.203.33 min8, max34. The highest score the fathers displayed in terms of correct answers to the questions on their knowledge and opinions was 91.8 in When my wife starts to breastfeed, I do things to make her comfortable such as giving her pillows or a glass of water and in terms of wrong answers, 73.2 in Breastfeeding does not affect a mothers work. Accordingly, it was found that the correlation between the knowledge and opinions of fathers mean score and the fathers age was noticeably high r0.99, p0.67, but that the same correlation was weak in terms of duration of marriage r0.26, p0.629. Conclusion: The knowledge and opinions of fathers about breastfeeding score was at a moderate level, and age was found to have an effect on fathers knowledge and opinions on breastfeeding. Providing knowledge and opinions about breastfeeding of fathers through a father-friendly breastfeeding approach could improve long-term exclusive breastfeeding rates, but more studies, perhaps multicenter and with longer follow-up periods, are needed to confirm this hypothesis.

 Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge and opinions about breastfeeding of Turkish fathers. Methods: The study was an analytical cross-sectional study conducted between January and June 2019 with 340 fathers at the obstetrics clinic of a Hospital in Aydın, Turkey. A Descriptive Information Form and a Checklist to Identify Knowledge and Opinions of Fathers about Breastfeeding were used in the collection of data. The analysis of the data was carried out with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, descriptive statistics, Z and χ² values, the Mann Whitney-U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, and Spearmans correlation analysis test p0,05. Results: The mean age of the fathers was 31.105.87 min17, max54; the mean score for knowledge and opinions about breastfeeding was 22.203.33 min8, max34. The highest score the fathers displayed in terms of correct answers to the questions on their knowledge and opinions was 91.8 in When my wife starts to breastfeed, I do things to make her comfortable such as giving her pillows or a glass of water and in terms of wrong answers, 73.2 in Breastfeeding does not affect a mothers work. Accordingly, it was found that the correlation between the knowledge and opinions of fathers mean score and the fathers age was noticeably high r0.99, p0.67, but that the same correlation was weak in terms of duration of marriage r0.26, p0.629. Conclusion: The knowledge and opinions of fathers about breastfeeding score was at a moderate level, and age was found to have an effect on fathers knowledge and opinions on breastfeeding. Providing knowledge and opinions about breastfeeding of fathers through a father-friendly breastfeeding approach could improve long-term exclusive breastfeeding rates, but more studies, perhaps multicenter and with longer follow-up periods, are needed to confirm this hypothesis.

 Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı Türk babaların emzirme konusundaki bilgi ve görüşlerini belirlemektir. Yöntem: Analitik Kesitsel tipte olan bu araştırma, Aydın, Türkiyede bir hastanenin obstetri kliniğinde 340 baba ile yürütüldü. Verilerin toplanmasında Tanıtıcı Bilgi Formu, Babaların Emzirmeye Yönelik Düşüncelerini Belirleyen Kontrol Listesi kullanıldı. Verilerin analizi Kolmogorov-Smirnov testi, tanımlayıcı istatistikler, Z ve χ2 değerleri, Mann Whitney-U testi, Kruskal-Wallis testi ve Spearman korelasyon analizleri kullanıldı p0,05. Bulgular: Babaların yaş ortalaması 31,105,87 min17, maks54, emzirmeye yönelik bilgi ve düşünce puanı ortalaması 22,203,33 min8, maks34dir. Babaların emzirmeye yönelik bilgi ve görüşlere verdikleri doğru cevaplardan aldıkları en yüksek puan; 91,8 ile eşim emzirmeye başladığında rahatlatmak için ona yastık verme, bir bardak su getirme gibi şeyler yaparım sorusunda ve yanlış cevaplardan aldıkları en yüksek puan; 73,2 ile emzirmek annenin çalışmasını etkilemez sorusunda bulundu. Buna göre babaların emzirmeye yönelik bilgi ve görüş ortalaması ile yaş arasındaki ilişkinin çok yüksek olduğu r0,99, p0,67, ancak evlilik süresi açısından aynı ilişkinin zayıf olduğu r0,26, p0,629 bulundu. Sonuç: Babaların emzirmeye yönelik bilgi ve görüşleri orta düzeydeydi ve yaşın babaların emzirme hakkındaki bilgi ve görüşleri üzerinde etkisi olduğu görüldü. Babaların baba dostu emzirme yaklaşımı ile emzirme konusundaki bilgi ve görüşlerini artırmak uzun vadeli yalnızca emzirme oranlarını iyileştirebilir, ancak bu hipotezi doğrulamak için daha fazla, belki çok merkezli ve uzun bir takip süresine sahip çalışmalara ihtiyaç vardır.

Makale detayları

The Knowledge and Opinions About Breastfeeding of Turkish Fathers

Yazarlar:

Hale Uyar Hazar | Dilan Gökay

Yayıncı:

Aydin Adnan Menderes University

Ana Başlıklar:

Doğum ve Kadın Hastalıkları Hemşireliği

Dergi:

Hemşirelik Bilimi Dergisi Vol.8 Issue 2, pp.221-230

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001356565

pISSN:

2636-8439

Breastfeeding

Fathers

Midwifery

NursingBabalar

Ebelik

Emzirme

Hemşirelik

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Hale Uyar Hazar | Dilan Gökay

Yayıncı: Aydin Adnan Menderes University

Ana Başlıklar: Doğum ve Kadın Hastalıkları Hemşireliği

Dergi: Hemşirelik Bilimi Dergisi Vol.8 Issue 2, pp.221-230

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 8/2025

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001356565

pISSN: 2636-8439

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Hale Uyar Hazar | Dilan Gökay

Yayıncı:

Aydin Adnan Menderes University

Ana Başlıklar:

Doğum ve Kadın Hastalıkları Hemşireliği

Dergi:

Hemşirelik Bilimi Dergisi Vol.8 Issue 2, pp.221-230

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001356565

pISSN:

2636-8439