| Subscales | No. of items | Median score (IQR) | Median percentage score (IQR) | Cronbach’s alpha |
|---|
| Advantages to baby | 4 | 4.00 (3.00, 4.00) | 100 (75.0, 100) | 0.42 |
| Advantages to mother | 5 | 5.00 (4.00, 5.00) | 100 (80.0, 100) | 0.63 |
| Colostrum | 2 | 1.00 (0.00, 2.00) | 50.0 (0.0, 100) | 0.80 |
| Effective feeding | 4 | 4.00 (4.00, 4.00) | 100 (100, 100) | 0.62 |
| Breast milk expression | 6 | 4.00 (2.00, 4.00) | 66.7 (33.3, 66.7) | 0.87 |
| Duration of feeding, | 4 | 4.00 (3.00, 4.00) | 100 (75.0, 100) | 0.50 |
| Problem with breastfeeding | 2 | 0.00 (0.00, 1.00) | 0.00 (0.00, 50.0) | 0.41 |
| Breast engorgement | 3 | 2.00 (1.00, 3.00) | 66.7 (33.3, 100) | 0.50 |
| Practical aspects of breastfeeding | 4 | 3.00 (3.00, 3.00) | 75.0 (75.0, 75.0) | 0.51 |
| Overall BFKQ-AO | 34 | 26.0 (23.0, 27.0) | 76.5 (67.6, 79.4) | 0.79 |
- BFKQ-AO Breastfeeding knowledge questionnaire-Afan Oromo; IQR Interquartile range
