Effect of Family-Centered Empowerment Model (FCEM) on quality of life of mothers having teenagers with iron deficiency anemia

Iron deficiency anemia is the most common hematological disease and like other chronic diseases affects different aspects of quality of life of patients and their mothers as their primary caregiver. The present study has been done in order to investigate the effect of (FCEM) on quality of life of mothers having teenagers with iron deficiency anemia in Tehran, 2013. This semi-experimental research was conducted after choosing 60 mothers of female teenager' with iron deficiency anemia and dividing them into two case and control groups through purposive sampling. The research tools included demographic; as well as, WHO Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaires. FCEM was implemented in the case group and the post test was carried out 1.5 month after the end of the intervention. Before intervention the means of the quality of life in the case group and the control group were 54.63±6.89 and 54.50±7.66 respectively. Independent t-test showed no significant difference in the quality of life in mothers of adolescent girls between the two groups (P=0.94); whereas, after the intervention the means of the quality of life in the case group and control groups were 60.13±4.20 and 54.46±7.09 respectively. Independent t-test showed a significant difference between the two groups in the mean of the quality of life (P>0.001). In addition, paired t-test showed a significant difference before and after the intervention in the case group in the mean of the quality of life (P>0.001). While, this difference was not significant in the control group (P=0.851). Findings showed that the FCEM was effective in increasing the quality of life of mothers, having adolescent with iron deficiency anemia. It is recommended that further studies be performed on the effectiveness of this model on other chronic diseases.