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.