Evaluation of the Relationship Between Nurses and Midwives Self-Efficacy Perceptions and Infant feeding Attitudes

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this research was conducted to determine the relationship between self-sufficiency perceptions and infant nutrition attitudes of nurses and midwives working in a training and research hospital. Material and Methods: The research was descriptive and conducted between February and June 2021. It was conducted on 285 female nurses and midwifes in a hospital of eastern Turkey. "Socio-demographic Questionnaire Form", "General Self-Efficacy Scale" and "Lowa İnfant Feeding Attitude Scale" were used in data collection. Number, percentage, mean, Mann Whitney U test, One-Way Anova, Kruskall Wallis and Spearman correlation test were used in data analysis. Results: 33.7% of nurses and midwives were in age between 31-35, 58.6% had moderate income status, 62.1% were married, 84.9% were not pregnant and 46.3% did not have children. The scale average score of nurses and midwives self-sufficiency was 49.00±7.70. The scales of İnitiative, Persistence and Effort sub-dimensions were 20.72±6.70, 16.04±2.71, and 11.32±2.35 respectively. The average score of the infant nutrition attitude scale was 72.68 ±7.87. It was found that there was a negative significant relationship between the genaral self-sufficiency scale and the scores of the lowa infant feeding attitude scale (r =-0.124, p