Category 1 – Risk assessment of early weaning
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Breastfeeding Attrition Prediction Tool (BAPT)/Janke, 1991(13-18)
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Identify women who have a tendency toward early weaning. |
Breastfeeding Assessment Score (BAS)/Hall et al., 2002(19-20)
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Identify women who have a higher risk of weaning in the first ten days of the child’s life. |
Category 2 – Assessment of the perception and behaviour of nursing women
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Breastfeeding Personal Efficacy Beliefs Inventory (BPEBI)/Cleveland and McCrone, 2005 (21) |
Measure the confidence of women regarding their ability to manage their thoughts, emotions, motivation, action and environment to successfully breastfeed for one year. |
Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale (BSES)/Dennis and Faux, 1999(22-28)
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Assess maternal behaviour in relation to breastfeeding from the perspective of self-efficacy. |
Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale – Short Form (BSES-SF)/Dennis, 2003(29-46)
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H & H Lactation Scale (HHLS)/Hill and Humenick, 1996(47-48)
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Measure maternal perception of insufficient milk production. |
Iowa Infant Feeding Attitudes Scale (IIFAS)/De la Mora et al., 1999(40, 49 -60)
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Measure maternal attitudes towards lactation and identify factors that influence decisions related to infant feeding methods. |
Maternal Breastfeeding Evaluation Scale (MBFES)/Leff, Jefferis and Gagne, 1994(61-64)
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Evaluate maternal perception of success in breastfeeding. |
Category 3 – Assessment of maternal behaviour/attitude and infant sucking skills in breastfeeding
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B-R-E-A-S-T-FEED Observation Form (BREAST)/Armstrong, 1992(8)
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Guide the observation and assessment of mother and child behaviour during breastfeeding. |
Lactation Assessment Tool (LAT ™)/Cadwell et al., 2004/Blair et al., 1999(65-66)
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Document breastfeeding, suggest corrective interventions to optimise holding and positioning for lactating women with pain associated with nipple trauma. |
LATCH Scoring System (LATCH)/Jensen, Wallace and Kelsay, 1994(63, 67-73)
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Systematically document the assessment of breastfeeding during individual sessions. |
Mother-Baby Assessment Tool Scoring System (MBA)/Mulford, 1992(67-68, 73)
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Evaluate the learning process in breastfeeding (mother and child). |
Mother-Infant Breastfeeding Progress Tool (MIBPT)/Johnson, Mulder and Strube, 2007(75)
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Guide the continued support and education for the mother-baby dyad. |
Category 4 – Assessment of the infant’s sucking skills in breastfeeding
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Avaliação da Sucção do RN na Alimentação no Seio Materno/Mosele et al., 2014(76)
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Evaluate the sucking of newborns during breastfeeding. |
Bristol Breastfeeding Assessment Tool (BAAT)/Ingram et al., 2015(77)
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Evaluate breastfeeding as a measure of proficiency and allow the before/after comparison of a procedure such as frenotomy. |
Breastfeeding Evaluation an Education Tool(BEET)/Tobin, 1996(78)
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Evaluate the adequacy of breastfeeding the baby. |
Infant Breastfeeding Assessment Tool (IBFAT)/Matthews, 1988(63, 67, 73, 79)
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Evaluate and measure the competence of the breastfeeding infant. |
Neonatal Oral-motor Assessment Scale (NOMAS)/Palmer, Crawley and Blanco, 1993 / Braun and Palmer, 1990(80)
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Identify and quantify oral-motor patterns in premature and term neonates during the non-nutritive and nutritive sucking. |
Systematic Assessment of the Infant at Breast (SAIB)/Shrago and Bocar, 1990(81)
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Identify criteria that can be used to assess the infant’s contribution during breastfeeding. |