the effect of family-centered empowerment training on the perception of family-centered care by parents of hospitalized children

Background: hospitalization of children is considered a stressful event for parents, and its unfortunate consequences include anxiety, stress and increased burden of care in parents. considering the importance of family-centered training in empowering parents of hospitalized children, this study was conducted with the aim examining the effect of family-centered empowerment training on the understanding of family-centered care by parents of hospitalized children. methods: this semi-experimental study was conducted on 30 parents whose children had been hospitalized in tehran medical center. the participants were selected by non-random sampling method, before being divided into two intervention and control groups. the data collection tool was the questionnaire of family-centered care perception. samples in the intervention group received 5 training sessions (30-45 minutes) of family-centered care. data in both groups was collected and entered into spss-21 statistical software to be analyzed by descriptive statistics (table, mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (paired t-test, independent t-test, fisher’s exact test and chi-square test) at the significance level of 0.05. results: the paired t-test in the control group before and after the intervention did not show any significant difference between the mean scores of family-centered care perception and its dimensions (p=0.72). however, it showed a significant difference between the mean scores of these variables in the intervention group before and after the intervention (p < 0.01). also, the independent t-test showed a significant difference between the two groups in this regard after the intervention. discussion: the results of this study showed that family-centered empowerment training increases the understanding of family-centered care by parents of hospitalized children. therefore, considering the importance, low cost and effectiveness of family-centered training, this care model can be used to improve the quality of nursing care and increase the participation of parents in the care of their hospitalized children.