Predictors of Breastfeeding Intention in Preterm Infant among Muslim Mothers
Keywords:
breastfeeding intention, preterm infant, Muslim mothersAbstract
Abstract This predictive research aimed to examine predictors of Muslim mothers’ intention to breastfeed preterm infants. The sample was Muslim mothers who had given birth with a gestational age less than 37 weeks. Seventy-four participants were recruited by purposive sampling from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Nursery Unit in Pattani Hospital and Yala Hospital. Data were collected in June 2020. The research instruments consisted of attitude toward breastfeeding questionnaire, subjective norm for breastfeeding questionnaire, perceived self-efficacy for breastfeeding questionnaire and intention for breastfeeding questionnaire. Cronbach’s alpha reliability scores were .93, .94, .89 and .82 respectively. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and stepwise multiple regression. The results revealed that subjective norm for breastfeeding accounted for 30.2% of the variance for Muslim mothers’ intention to breastfeed their preterm infants (R2= .302, F (1,74) = 31.18, p <.001). This finding suggests that an intervention to promote preterm breastfeeding should emphasize promoting a subjective norm to support breastfeeding intention among mothers.
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