the effect of family-centered empowerment model on self-efficacy and self-esteem of the children with asthma

Background: asthma is considered as the most common chronic disease of childhood that can cause missing school and daily limits. it can also have effects on physical, psychological, and social wellbeing in children. therefore, improving two indicators of selfefficacy and selfesteem seem of utmost importance in this domain.objectives: the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of familycentered empowerment model (fcem) on selfefficacy and selfesteem in children with asthma.methods: in this quasiexperimental study, 60 children along with their parents were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. then, familycentered empowerment model was implemented for the experimental group lasting seven 30minute sessions. after that, selfefficacy and selfesteem were similarly evaluated by distributing questionnaires in both groups before and after the intervention. moreover, the data were analyzed using the spss software as well as descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (chisquare test, fisher rsquos exact test, independent ttest, and paired ttest).results: the selfefficacy scores of all children in the experimental group before (2.95±0.33) and after (3.97±0.49) the intervention showed a significant difference (p=0.0001). meanwhile, a significant difference was observed in the selfesteem scores of all children in the experimental group before (0.62±0.13) and after (0.77±0.08) the intervention (p=0.0001), while selfefficacy scores of the individuals in the control group before (2.86±0.49) and after (2.88±0.40) the intervention suggested no significant difference (p=0.607) in this respect. furthermore, there was no significant difference in selfefficacy scores of the control group before (0.67±0.17) and after (0.67±0.13) the intervention (p=0.845).conclusion: it seems that empowerment (fcem) of children suffering from asthma can lead to increased selfefficacy and selfesteem and help them to have an efficient care, and also may result in improvements in their roles. therefore, further studies are recommended in this domain.