Empowerment Program on Empowerment Perception and Caring Activities in End- Stage Cancer Patients

Abstract

     This research aimed to study the effects of applying an empowerment program on the mental well-being and quality of life of caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients diagnosed with terminal cancer and receiving palliative care. This research was designed as a two groups repeated measure action research and aimed to examine the effects of empowerment program on power perception and caregiving practice among family caregivers of older persons with dementia. Simple of 50 cases were diagnosed by doctors as having late-stage cancer, received palliative treatment. Data analysis compared the mean scores between the experimental and control groups using two - way analysis of variance with repeated measures and one between-subjects variable and one within-subjects variable.
     The research results can be summarized as follows: Caregivers of end-stage cancer patients in the experimental group had an average score of their perception of empowerment. The experiment was completed immediately. and 1 month after the experiment was completed, it was higher than that of caregivers of late-stage cancer patients in the control group. and higher than before the experiment with statistical significance at the .05 level and patient caregivers Late-stage cancer in the canal group had an average score of perception of empowerment immediately after the experiment was completed. Not different from 1 month after the experiment was completed 0.05. And caregivers of end-stage cancer patients in the experimental group had average scores on their practice of caring for patients. Late stage cancer in the control group and was significantly higher than before the experiment at the 0.05 level, and caregivers of late-stage cancer patients in the experimental group had an average score of care performance after the experiment. Immediate completion was no different from 1 month after the experiment was completed.