| Component | ||||
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 | 1 Skin contact effects | 2 Physiological stability | 3 Innate ability | 4 Work practices | 5 Effective breastfeeding |
Variance Explained | 32.55% | 8.78% | 6.46% | 6.05% | 5.28% |
Factor 1 Knowledge Skin contact effects | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
11. A mother is more likely to accept and feel warm toward her baby if skin-to-skin contact happens immediately after birth | 0.711 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
15. Separation of a newborn from the mother at birth can cause harmful stress to the baby | 0.692 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
10. Uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth is important for newborn breastfeeding performance | 0.667 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
16. Birth trauma may interfere with the proper coordination of an infant's natural suckling reflexes | 0.662 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
17. Interrupting skin-to-skin contact within 15–20 minutes of birth seriously disturbs the suckling reflexes for correct attachment | 0.632 |  |  |  |  |
12. Hours of continuous skin-to-skin contact can help a newborn baby learn to feed | 0.617 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
7. Skin-to-skin contact is important to prevent heat loss in newborn babies | 0.425 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Factor 2 Physiological stability | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
6. A newborn's heart rate is stabilized by skin-to-skin contact | Â | 0.821 | Â | Â | Â |
5. Skin-to-skin contact is important to help stabilize newborn breathing | Â | 0.817 | Â | Â | Â |
8. A newborn's blood sugar levels are stabilized by skin-to-skin contact | Â | 0.752 | Â | Â | Â |
9. Skin-to-skin contact helps the flow of colostrum after birth | Â | 0.457 | Â | Â | Â |
Factor 3 Innate ability | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
2. Newborns will develop predictable, coordinated feeding behaviors within minutes of birth | Â | Â | 0.764 | Â | Â |
3. Newborns can instinctively find the nipple without help and attach correctly to the breast | Â | Â | 0.748 | Â | Â |
4. Newborns will be guided to the nipple by their sense of smell | Â | Â | 0.703 | Â | Â |
1. A normal full term infant is born with instinctive reflex ability to breastfeed effectively | Â | Â | 0.625 | Â | Â |
Factor 4 Work practices | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
20. Time required for skin-to-skin contact to breastfeed interferes with completion of required documentation | Â | Â | Â | 0.784 | Â |
18. There is no time immediately after birth to allow uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact until the first breastfeed | Â | Â | Â | 0.711 | Â |
21. Most mothers want to be cleaned up immediately after birth rather than hold their baby | Â | Â | Â | 0.661 | Â |
19. Prevention of heat loss by wrapping the baby is of higher priority than skin-to-skin contact to initiate feeding behaviours. | Â | Â | Â | 0.655 | Â |
Factor 5 Effective breastfeeding | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
13. Midwives and mothers know the baby is getting colostrum at the first breastfeed when they hear the baby swallow | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.846 |
14 Midwives and mothers know the baby is getting colostrum at the first breastfeed when they see the baby swallow | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.816 |
Cronbach Alpha | 0.84 | 0.83 | 0.76 | 0.70 | 0.56 |