Validation of the Spanish-Mexican Version of the Australian Breastfeeding Attitude Questionnaire in Higher Education Health Students
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Phase I. Translation and Cultural Adaptation of the ABAQ Questionnaire
2.2. Phase II. Evaluation of Psychometric Properties and Validation
2.3. Description of the ABAQ-Mx Instrument
2.4. Participants and Procedures
2.5. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Adaptation of the ABAQ to Spanish (ABAQ-Mx)
3.2. Psychometric Analysis of the ABAQ-Mx Questionnaire
3.3. Replicability of Latent Structure (Confirmatory Factor Analysis)
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Values | Total n (%) | Nutrition n (%) | Medicine n (%) | Nursing n (%) |
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Age | m (SD) | 20.46 (2.4) | 20.57 (3.5) | 20.25 (1.3) | 20.90 (2.1) |
Sample | 264 (100) | 95 (36) | 130 (49.2) | 39 (14.8) | |
Sex | |||||
Women | 214 (81) | 84 (88.4) | 97 (74.6) | 33 (84.6) | |
Men | 50 (19) | 11 (11.6) | 33 (25.4) | 6 (15.4) | |
Last completed semester | |||||
2 | 9 (3.4) | 3 (3.2) | 5 (3.8) | 1 (2.6) | |
3 | 92 (34.8) | 21 (22.1) | 59 (45.4) | 12 (30.8) | |
4 | 92 (34.8) | 47 (49.5) | 38 (29.2) | 7 (17.9) | |
5 | 43 (16.3) | 19 (20.0) | 16 (12.3) | 8 (20.5) | |
6 | 15 (5.7) | 1 (1.1) | 7 (5.4) | 7 (17.9) | |
7 | 13 (4.9) | 4 (4.2) | 5 (3.8) | 4 (10.3) |
Item | Question | Item-Total Correlations | Loading Factor |
---|---|---|---|
A 1 a | Infant formula is more easily digested than human milk | 0.485 | 0.499 |
La fórmula infantil se digiere más fácilmente que la leche humana | |||
A 2 | Human milk is the ideal food for babies | 0.332 | 0.220 c |
La leche humana es el alimento ideal para los bebés | |||
A 3 a | Infant formula feeding is a good way to allow dad to participate in feeding for the baby | 0.606 | 0.599 |
La alimentación fórmula infantil es una buena manera de dejar que el papá participe en la alimentación de bebé | |||
A 4 a | Infant formula is an acceptable method of feeding infants | 0.483 | 0.576 |
La fórmula infantil es un método aceptado para alimentar a los bebés | |||
A 5 | Breastfeeding increases the mother-child bonding | 0.180 b | - |
La lactancia aumenta la unión madre-hijo | |||
A 6 | A mother naturally and learns instinctively how to breastfeed her baby | 0.301 | 0.369 |
Una madre aprende de manera natural e instintivamente cómo se debe amamantar a su bebé | |||
A 7 | Breastfeeding provides health benefits for babies that cannot be provided by infant formula | 0.034 b | - |
La leche humana brinda beneficios en la salud de los bebés, que no son proporcionados en una fórmula infantil | |||
A 8 a | Mothers who smoke should infant formula feed their babies | 0.506 | 0.538 |
Las madres que fuman deben alimentar a su bebé con fórmula infantil | |||
A 9 a | Breastfeeding is incompatible with the mother working outside the home | 0.359 | 0.393 |
La lactancia materna es incompatible con el trabajo de la madre fuera del hogar | |||
A 10 a | Father feel left out if the mother breastfeeds her baby | 0.221 | 0.195c |
Un papá es desplazado cuando la madre amamanta a su bebé | |||
A 11 a | Breastfed babies need to be fed too often | 0.427 | 0.438 |
Los bebés que son amamantados necesitan ser alimentados con mayor frecuencia | |||
A 12 a | Infant formula is as healthy for an infant as breast milk | 0.592 | 0.633 |
La fórmula infantil es tan saludable para un bebé como la leche materna | |||
A 13 | Human milk is greater benefits than feeding infant formulas | 0.046 b | - |
La leche humana tiene mayores beneficios que la alimentación con fórmulas infantiles | |||
A 14 a | Infant formula feeding is the best choice to feed your baby when the mother plans to go out to work | 0.713 | 0.695 |
La alimentación con fórmula infantil es la mejor opción para alimentar a su bebé cuando la madre planea trabajar | |||
A 15 a | The benefits of breast milk last only when the baby is breastfed. | 0.390 | 0.369 |
Los beneficios de la leche humana duran únicamente cuando el bebé es amamantado | |||
A 16 | Mothers who infant formula feed their baby miss one of the great joys/satisfactions that motherhood provides | 0.119 b | - |
Las madres que alimentan a su bebé con fórmula infantil, se pierden una de las grandes alegrías/satisfacciones que proporciona la maternidad | |||
A 17 a | A mother who drinks alcohol should not breastfeed her baby | 0.437 | 0.509 |
Una madre que consume alcohol no debería amamantar a su bebé | |||
A 18 a | Infant formula feeding is more reliable because the exact amount of milk the baby takes can be calculated | 0.671 | 0.660 |
La alimentación con fórmula infantil es más confiable porque se puede calcular la cantidad exacta de leche que el bebé toma | |||
A 19 a | Current infant formulas are nutritionally equivalent compared to human milk | 0.584 | 0.617 |
Las fórmulas infantiles actuales son nutricionalmente equivalentes en comparación con la leche humana | |||
A 20 a | Women should not breastfeed their babies in public places, such as restaurants | 0.247 | 0.123 c |
Las mujeres no deberían amamantar a sus bebés en lugares públicos, como son los restaurantes |
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Grover-Baltazar, G.A.; Macedo-Ojeda, G.; Sandoval-Rodríguez, A.; Martínez-Vizmanos, M.; Carrera-Quintanar, L.; Vizmanos, B. Validation of the Spanish-Mexican Version of the Australian Breastfeeding Attitude Questionnaire in Higher Education Health Students. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 4609. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094609
Grover-Baltazar GA, Macedo-Ojeda G, Sandoval-Rodríguez A, Martínez-Vizmanos M, Carrera-Quintanar L, Vizmanos B. Validation of the Spanish-Mexican Version of the Australian Breastfeeding Attitude Questionnaire in Higher Education Health Students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(9):4609. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094609
Chicago/Turabian StyleGrover-Baltazar, Gabriela Alejandra, Gabriela Macedo-Ojeda, Ana Sandoval-Rodríguez, Marianne Martínez-Vizmanos, Lucrecia Carrera-Quintanar, and Barbara Vizmanos. 2021. "Validation of the Spanish-Mexican Version of the Australian Breastfeeding Attitude Questionnaire in Higher Education Health Students" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 9: 4609. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094609