Effectiveness of Family Empowerment-Guided Nursing Rehabilitation on Knowledge, Caregiver’s Strain and Functional Independence for Stroke Survivors

Background: Stroke is one of the primary causes of permanent impairment, places a heavy emotional, physical, and psychological strain on patients and those who care for them. These difficulties demonstrate how important the family-centered empowerment paradigm is for fostering the resilience and general well-being of caregivers. Aim: to evaluate the effectiveness of the family-centered empowerment model on family caregiver Strain and functional independence of older adults’’ patients with stroke Design: A quasi-experimental design was utilized. Setting: it was done at Al-Hayat and AS-Salam Hospitals' neurology outpatient clinics at port Saied governorate. Sample: a purposive sample of 56 pairs of stroke patients and their caregivers were enrolled in the study. Tools: the 1st tool; an interview schedule it encompass four parts. The 2nd tool; applied instrumental questionnaire: it included six parts. Results: The patient’s overall knowledge score significantly improved three months after the empowerment intervention for the older persons under study. However, more of them (58.9%, 53.6%) and those immediately and three months after empowerment (41.1%, 46.4%) fell into the intermediate and high levels, respectively. Three months after the empowerment intervention, the proportion of older adult patients with low function (dependent) dropped to 3.6%, The percentage of patients with high function (independent) increased to 8.9% and 14.3%, respectively, for both men and women, a statistically significant improvement (P