Validation of a scale to measure fathers' confidence in supporting breastfeeding
Mariana Frassetto Velho1, Maria Antônia Vicente de Camargo1, Eliane Traebert1,2
1Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina, School of Medicine - Palhoça (SC), Brazil.
Objective:
The objective of this study was to describe the process of cross-cultural adaptation of the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form among Fathers for use in Brazil.
Methods:
This is a cross-cultural adaptation study that began with the translation from the original English into Portuguese, followed by back translation. A committee of experts evaluated the semantic, idiomatic, experiential, and conceptual equivalences. The pre-test of the Brazilian version of the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form among Fathers was conducted with 10 fathers whose children were in the breastfeeding period. To assess the psychometric properties, a cross-sectional study was carried out involving 131 fathers with children in the breastfeeding phase. Factor analysis with principal component extraction and item response theory were used in data analysis.
Results:
The Brazilian version of the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form among Fathers presented an overall Cronbach α of 0.852. Very closely distributed factors explained 55.6% of the total variance in the principal component analysis. The item response theory showed that all questions have discriminatory characteristics.
Conclusion:
The cross-cultural adaptation process was carried out within validated international parameters and represents a potential instrument for promoting maternal and child health in Brazil.
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