title: The effect of empowerment program on empowerment level and self-care self-efficacy of patients on hemodialysis treatment.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who receive dialysis confront the burdens of long-term illness and numerous physical problems.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a quasi-experimental study. The selected patients from Gorgan Dialysis Centre were randomly assigned into an empowerment group (n = 40) and a control group (n = 40). Instruments comprised scales of Empowerment and the Strategies Used by People to Promote Health (SUPPH). Data were collected at baseline and at 6 weeks following the intervention. The data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics through SPSS (version 17).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results indicate that scores of the empowerment (P ≤ 0.001) and self-care self-efficacy (P = 0.003) in the empowerment group showed a significantly greater improvement than the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study supports the effectiveness of the empowerment program to promote empowerment level and self-care self-efficacy of hemodialysis patients.
authors: Department of Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery College, Kerman University of Medical Science, Kerman, Iran.
authors: Zahra
authors: Z
authors: Royani
authors: Masoud
authors: M
authors: Rayyani
authors: Naser
authors: N
authors: Behnampour
authors: Mansour
authors: M
authors: Arab
authors: Javad
authors: J
authors: Goleij
keywords: Empowerment; Iran; end-stage renal disease; hemodialysis; nursing; self-care self-efficacy
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