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The effect of family-based intervention on empowerment of the elders
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Adult age is a sensitive period of human life and paying attention to the issues and needs of this stage is a social necessity. Regarding the specific needs of this period, considering the empowerment, dignity, and self-efficacy in the elders is very important too, which is...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3778562/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24083274 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9531.112700 |
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author | Rabiei, Leili Mostafavi, Firoozeh Masoudi, Reza Hassanzadeh, Akbar |
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description | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Adult age is a sensitive period of human life and paying attention to the issues and needs of this stage is a social necessity. Regarding the specific needs of this period, considering the empowerment, dignity, and self-efficacy in the elders is very important too, which is frequently neglected. This study aims to determine the effect of family-based interventions on the elders’ empowerment with emphasis on self-efficacy, self-esteem, perceive threat, and quality of life of the elders in Isfahan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this semi-experimental study, 64 elderly people with the ability to perform routine and daily tasks without dependence on others and without systemic and restrictive diseases were chosen by available sampling method and were divided into two intervention and control groups. In intervention group, the model of family-based empowerment was trained and conducted in ten 45-minute sessions. The level of perceived threat, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and life quality in both groups were evaluated before and after intervention through a questionnaire. Chi Square, paired and independent t-test were used for statistical analysis. RESULTS: Statistical test of paired t-test indicated that family-based empowerment model significantly increased the quality of life in intervention group compared with the control group (P < 0.01). Statistical test of independent t-test showed a significant difference in intervention and control groups after conducting the program in the score of the self-esteem (P < 0.001). Regarding self-efficiency, independent t-test did not show any significant difference between the two groups before intervention. Despite the increase of self-efficacy score after intervention, this difference was not significant (P = 0.076). CONCLUSION: Regarding the findings of this research, we can conclude that it is possible to increase the level of self-efficacy, self-esteem, perceived threat, and finally quality of life of the elders and facilitate the way for healthy aging and being healthy in this period using family-based empowerment model regularly and consistently. |
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spelling | pubmed-37785622013-09-30 The effect of family-based intervention on empowerment of the elders Rabiei, Leili Mostafavi, Firoozeh Masoudi, Reza Hassanzadeh, Akbar J Educ Health Promot Original Article BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Adult age is a sensitive period of human life and paying attention to the issues and needs of this stage is a social necessity. Regarding the specific needs of this period, considering the empowerment, dignity, and self-efficacy in the elders is very important too, which is frequently neglected. This study aims to determine the effect of family-based interventions on the elders’ empowerment with emphasis on self-efficacy, self-esteem, perceive threat, and quality of life of the elders in Isfahan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this semi-experimental study, 64 elderly people with the ability to perform routine and daily tasks without dependence on others and without systemic and restrictive diseases were chosen by available sampling method and were divided into two intervention and control groups. In intervention group, the model of family-based empowerment was trained and conducted in ten 45-minute sessions. The level of perceived threat, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and life quality in both groups were evaluated before and after intervention through a questionnaire. Chi Square, paired and independent t-test were used for statistical analysis. RESULTS: Statistical test of paired t-test indicated that family-based empowerment model significantly increased the quality of life in intervention group compared with the control group (P < 0.01). Statistical test of independent t-test showed a significant difference in intervention and control groups after conducting the program in the score of the self-esteem (P < 0.001). Regarding self-efficiency, independent t-test did not show any significant difference between the two groups before intervention. Despite the increase of self-efficacy score after intervention, this difference was not significant (P = 0.076). CONCLUSION: Regarding the findings of this research, we can conclude that it is possible to increase the level of self-efficacy, self-esteem, perceived threat, and finally quality of life of the elders and facilitate the way for healthy aging and being healthy in this period using family-based empowerment model regularly and consistently. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3778562/ /pubmed/24083274 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9531.112700 Text en Copyright: © 2013 Rabiei, L http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Rabiei, Leili Mostafavi, Firoozeh Masoudi, Reza Hassanzadeh, Akbar The effect of family-based intervention on empowerment of the elders |
title | The effect of family-based intervention on empowerment of the elders |
title_full | The effect of family-based intervention on empowerment of the elders |
title_fullStr | The effect of family-based intervention on empowerment of the elders |
title_full_unstemmed | The effect of family-based intervention on empowerment of the elders |
title_short | The effect of family-based intervention on empowerment of the elders |
title_sort | effect of family-based intervention on empowerment of the elders |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3778562/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24083274 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9531.112700 |
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