the comparison of self-esteem and related factors in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura patients referring to seyed al-shohada hospital with healthy people in isfahan, iran, in 2013

background : self- esteem is defined as the reliance of one's own abilities. decrees of self- esteem may lead to fail to solve the problems not being able to use ones abilities. so, this study was done to compare tip patients' self- esteem with healthy cases. the conduction of this investigation seems to be important, because this disease a chronic type.        materials and methods: this is a descriptive- comparative study in which 64 patients having itp and referring to isfahan's seiyedo-shohada hospital and 65 healthy people who were neighbors of these patients. they were also selected randomly. the data collection method included questionnaire of cooper smiths self- esteem which was completed by the cases. the data analyzed through spss version 15, and by use of t-independent, k-squer and man withny test.  results : this study's results showed that 64.1, 59.4 and 53.1 percent of the cases in both group were, in turn, over 35 years old. females and graduated from primary school. t-independent test, showed significant difference between both groups self-esteem average. (p<0.01) conclusion: since the self-esteem of the patients is low and patient's decision making ability and their controls over the disease affect their self-esteem important, health and treatment staffs are supposed to recognize significant factors affecting self- valuing feeling and help the patient to promote their self- esteem.