effect of family-centered interventions on self-efficacy of family of patients with low consciousness admitted the intensive care units: a randomized controlled trial

Introduction: families of patients with low consciousness have an important role in supporting them and should acquire the necessary capability for patient care.objective: this study aimed to examine the effect of family-centered interventions on the self-efficacy of the families of patients admitted to the intensive care units.materials and methods: this research was a randomized clinical trial with a pretest-posttest design conducted in intensive care units of hospitals in khorram abad city, iran, in 2019-2020. seventy family members of patients were selected by convenience sampling and were assigned to the intervention (n=28) and control (n=28) groups by stratified random blocks. the study data were collected through the self-efficacy questionnaire and hospital anxiety and depression scale. the intervention was carried out using a family-centered model. the collected data were analyzed using the statistical tests of the chi-square, independent t-test, and paired t-test. also, the generalized linear model was used to compare changes in self-efficacy scores of the two study groups after adjusting demographic, anxiety, and depression variables.results: data analysis showed that most samples were male (53.8%) with a mean age of 38.15±8.68 years. the results showed a significant difference in the mean scores of selfefficacy, anxiety, and depression between the intervention and control groups (p=0.001). the intervention significantly increased the mean±sd of caregivers’ self-efficacy (40.14±14.35, p=0.001) in the intervention group. the results showed that the self-efficacy mean score of the intervention group was 36 scores higher than the caregivers’ self-efficacy of the control group (95% ci; 20.6-51.4, p=0.028).conclusion: the participation of family members of patients with low consciousness in the care of the patients in the intensive care unit has an effective role in the self-efficacy of caregivers of these patients.