the effect of empowerment program on empowerment level and self‑care self‑efficacy of patients on hemodialysis

background: patients with end‑stage renal disease (esrd) who receive dialysis confront the burdens of long‑term illness and numerous physical problems. materials and methods: this was a quasi-experimental study. the selected patients from gorgan dialysis centre were randomly assigned into an empowerment group ( n = 40) and a control group ( n = 40). instruments comprised scales of empowerment and the strategies used by people to promote health (supph). data were collected at baseline and at 6 weeks following the intervention. the data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics through spss (version 17). results: the results indicate that scores of the empowerment ( p ≤ 0.001) and self‑care self‑efficacy ( p = 0.003) in the empowerment group showed a significantly greater improvement than the control group. conclusions: the study supports the effectiveness of the empowerment program to promote empowerment level and self-care self‑efficacy of hemodialysis patients.