Effectiveness of a family empowerment program on caregiving capacity and adverse mood in caregivers of children with acute leukemia: a quasi-experimental study

作者：Fang Guo, Liangjian Li, Hao Jiang, Jie Yu, Yueqi Wang · 发表于：BMC Nursing · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1186/s12912-024-01973-2 · 被引用次数：14 · 研究领域：Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life、Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research、Neutropenia and Cancer Infections

BACKGROUND: Family-centered empowerment programs have been widely used in the pediatric field. Therefore, the current study investigated the effectiveness of family empowerment programs on caregiving ability and adverse mood among caregivers of children with acute leukemia. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of a family empowerment program on the caregiving ability and adverse mood of caregivers of children with acute leukemia. METHODS: Sixty-eight children with acute leukemia and their family caregivers admitted to our hospital were selected for the study. The control group received routine care during hospitalization, and the family empowerment program was implemented in the intervention group to compare the changes in caregiving capacity (FCTI), illness uncertainty (PPUS) and anxiety(SAS)of the caregivers of the two groups. RESULTS: After 8 weeks of intervention, the FCTI score of the intervention group was significantly lower than that of the control group (P < 0.001), and the difference between the scores before and after the intervention was statistically significant (P < 0.001); the PPUS score of the intervention group was significantly lower than that of the control group (P < 0.05), and the difference between the scores before and after the intervention was statistically significant (P < 0.001); the SAS score of the intervention group was lower than that of the control group after intervention(P < 0.05), and the score difference before and after intervention was stati...