background: cardiovascular diseases are the most prevalent disorders in developed countries and heart failure is the major one among them. this disease is caused by numerous factors and one of the most considerable risk factors is unhealthy lifestyle. so the aim of this research was to study the effect of family-center empowerment model on the lifestyle of heart failure patients. methods: this ...

research has shown that quality of life of substance user’s family members adversely damages. the cause of this damage is ongoing conflicts or daily stresses related to constant drug abuse at home. examples of such stressors include: financial problems, verbal and physical aggressions of the addict member, social embarrassment of family members, relationship problems of the family, and destruct...

background and objectives: brucellosis is a zoonotic disease and it’s still endemic in iran. there are some reports regarding brucellosis infection in family members sharing same risk factors and remain unrecognized. however , few studies on the importance of family screening are available. we aimed to screen household members of index cases with acute brucellosis for detecting additional unrec...

Background: Acquired immunodeficiency may impose considerable consequences on patients’ family behaviors toward them. The objective of the present study was to investigate whether a counseling program atBehavioralCounselingCenter in the city ofShiraz,Iran could change the attitude, knowledge and behavior of patients' family members. Methods: 125 HIV/AIDS patients’ family members were interviewe...

a bstra ct   background: family burden is defined as the problems, concerns, and unpleasant events affecting the patients undergoing coronary arteries’ surgery, and is associated with these patients physical and psychological improvement. nurses are in a good position to provide appropriate intervention. this study aimed to investigate the effect of family-focused nursing interventions on the b...

Background: As for high prevalence and incidence of heart failure, it can impose huge health, economic, and social burden on society. Education and self-care are important aspects of management in patients with heart failure, which can control the disease complications. This study aimed to investigate the effect of family-centered education approach on self-care behaviors of the patients wi...

conclusions since family-centered empowerment interventions can determine the training- and treatment-related needs of patients and are low cost and effective, they may help parents promote their children’s self-efficacy and qol. results the mean age of the children was 10.2 and 10.5 years in the intervention and control groups, respectively. the duration of the disease was five years in both g...

background family-centered empowerment of drug and stimulant users is an effective program for a better response to treatment, prevention of treatment adverse effects, and promotion quality of life (qol) and lifestyle in the process of discontinuing drug abuse. objectives this study aimed to determine the effects of educational intervention, based on family-centered empowerment and pender's hea...