Measurement Properties and Quality of Maternal Breastfeeding Instruments: A Scoping Review

Key Points

• This review aims to assess the measurement properties of existing breastfeeding instruments and identify areas needing improvement.
• Conducted a scoping review of breastfeeding instruments.
• Evaluated properties such as cross-cultural validity, measurement error, and criterion validity.
• Analyzed existing literature on the measurement characteristics of these instruments.
• Highlights significant gaps in measurement properties of breastfeeding instruments.
• Points out the lack of cross-cultural validity in many instruments.
• Calls attention to the need for improved criterion validity and measurement error assessment.