the effect of a family-centered empowerment model on the quality of life of patients with stroke

Background: stroke upsets the quality of life of the patients and their families. the participation of the family in caring for these patients is inevitable. empowerment programs enhance patients rsquo; motivation and knowledge and improve their quality of life and selfcare. this research aimed to determine the effect of a program based on the familycentered empowerment model on the quality of life of patients with stroke.methods: this clinical trial study was performed on 100 patients with stroke in shahid beheshti hospital in kashan city, iran. the subjects were first recruited purposefully and then were randomly divided into two groups. the experimental group received a familycentered empowerment training in 8 sessions, while the control group received no intervention. the patients in the two groups completed the strokespecific quality of life scale before the intervention, immediately after the intervention, and one and two months after the last training session. the obtained data were analyzed using the chisquare test, repeated measures anova, and ttest in spss v. 19.results: comparison of the experimental and control groups showed that the total score of quality of life significantly changed immediately after the intervention, and one and two months later (p<0.05). repeated measures anova results reported a significant interaction between time and group in the total quality of life score and some of its dimensions (energy, family role, social role, language, mobility, selfcare, upper extremity function, and work/productivity) (p le;0.05). conclusion: this model of empowerment can improve the quality of life of patients with stroke. this model is recommended to use in the educational program of these patients.