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Table 4 BSES-SF Scores and parity, Kruskal-Wallis

From: Breastfeeding self-efficacy of women using second-line strategies for healthy term infants in the first week postpartum: an Australian observational study

BSES-SF scores* n = 121

Whole sample (SD)

Did not use any second-line strategies (SD)

Used one or more second-line strategies (SD)

Mean

Whole sample

51.18 (12.48)

58.32 (7.40)

43.43 (12.19)

 

Primiparous

 

55.06 (6.65)

41.00 (12.30)

 

Multiparous

 

59.43 (7.37)

47.13 (11.29)

Median

 

53.00

  
 

> median

 

44

16

 

≤ median

 

19

42

Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA

H statistic

p-value

  
 

21.569

0.001

  
  1. *(possible range 14–70).
  2. BSES-SF: the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale - Short Form.
  3. SD: standard deviation.
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International Breastfeeding Journal

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