The effect of maternal functional and postpartum depression status on breastfeeding self-efficacy of the mothers: A cross-sectional study

In this study, the researchers investigated the effect of maternal functioning and postpartum depression status on breastfeeding self-efficacy of mothers. The study was conducted with 254 mothers with babies aged 2-6 months old. The total mean scores of the mothers were found to be 57.201 ± 7.612 on the breastfeeding self-efficacy scale, 8.516 ± 5.304 on the postpartum depression scale, and 74.055 ± 11.738 on the maternal functioning scale....