comparison of the effect of family-centered and patient-centered education on healthy lifestyle behaviors in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Aims: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a common disorder that is increasing due to unhealthy lifestyle. this study aimed to compare the effect of family-centered and patient-centered education on healthy lifestyle behaviors in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver.materials & methods: this semi-experimental study was performed between october and february 2021 on 81 patients with fatty liver disease referred to shahid mofatteh clinic affiliated to yasuj university of medical sciences, yasuj, iran. the subjects were randomly divided into three control, patient-centered, and family-centered intervention groups. the data collection tool was walker’s lifestyle questionnaire, which was completed virtually by three groups before the intervention and three months after the intervention.findings: before the intervention, there was no significant difference between the mean scores of variables (except for the exercise subscale) in the three groups (p>0.05). however, after the intervention, the mean scores in the subscales of nutrition, exercise and health responsibility showed a significant difference between the three groups (p<0.05). in the two-by-two comparison of the groups, the significant difference in the nutrition was related to the difference between the control group and patient-centered group (p=0.009), and in the health responsibility, it was related to the difference between the control group and family-centered group (p=0.018). also, the mean scores of lifestyle behaviors and their subscales increased significantly in the two intervention groups after the intervention (p<0.05).conclusion: both family-centered and patient-centered education methods improve the lifestyle behaviors in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver and there is no signiant difference between them.