The Effect of Interventional Program on Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy and Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Pregnant Women in Ahvaz, Iran

Table 2

Self-efficacy in breastfeeding before and after childbirth and duration of exclusive breastfeeding in control and intervention groups.

Self-efficacy	Control group	Intervention group	value
	Mean ± SD
Self-efficacy in the last month of pregnancy	104.4 ± 13.8	105.28 ± 16.3	0.12
Self-efficacy one month after childbirth	101.7 ± 12.19	123.66 ± 12.4
Mean difference of self-efficacy	−2.70 ± 13.7	18.38 ± 12.4
Exclusive breastfeeding (months)	2.73 ± 1.69	5.03 ± 1.6
Exclusive breastfeeding; (%)	16 (26.6%)	44 (73.3)