A review of 15 years application the family centered empowerment model on the consequences of acute and chronic Diseases

Due to the widespread prevalence of different acute and chronic diseases (ACD), nurses need to know the choices, necessities and abilities of patients. The study purposes were to determine: 1) the effect of family-centered empowerment model (FCEM) on the outcomes of ACD and 2) the sustainability of FCEM on the consequences of ACD in the following-up period.

The review study was conducted in-the-year-2017. The PRISMA guideline was used to retrieve all national and international studies using the FCEM keyword.

In the initial search, 644 papers were retrieved, following PRISMA screening guideline, 47 relevant papers were recognized. The final studies were classified and reviewed using the variables: authors, year, type of research with the number of studied groups, the purpose of the research, the sampling method, the characteristics of the research samples in terms of the number of people and the type of disease, the method of data collection and final conclusion.

The review of the published studies with the FCEM and the effectiveness of all of those on the different outcomes of the studies, indicates that this indigenous model: 1) corresponds with the culture of Iran; 2) is an effective, simple, efficient and reliable model; 3) can be used in promoting and improving the different aspects of ACD. The quality of conducting intervention studies using the FCEM was relatively good, but the reporting style and quality of the studies are inadequate.