Data collection
The data of the study were collected by using an Information Form developed by the researchers in line with the literature4,6,7,12,13 and the Prenatal Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale. The Information Form created for pregnant women consists of 35 questions in total regarding their sociodemographic, obstetric, breastfeeding, and COVID-19 related information. The Prenatal Breastfeeding Self-efficacy Scale (PBSES) was created by Wells et al. (2006) to determine the breastfeeding self-efficacy perceptions of pregnant women in their prenatal period. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the scale is 0.89.14 The validity and reliability of the scale into Turkish was conducted by Aydın (2018), and its Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was found to be 0.85. The scale is evaluated with a 5-Likert type system. The minimum score to be obtained from the scale is 20, while the highest is 100. The higher the obtained score from the scale is, the higher the breastfeeding self-efficacy is reflected to be.15 The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of PSES in this study was determined to be .90 for the whole scale, and for its subscales, .76 for the general information subscale, .82 for the skills and desires subscale, .74 for the breastfeeding near other people and sense of shame during breastfeeding subscale, and .64 for the social pressure during breastfeeding subscale. The pregnant women visiting the polyclinic for their routine prenatal checks were informed about the objective of the study and their verbal approvals were obtained after their examination.