Purpose
The study aimed to develop a Healthcare Empowerment Program for patients with Temporary Ileostomy (HCEP-TI) and evaluate its effectiveness.
Methods
The HCEP-TI was developed based on Johnson’s model of healthcare empowerment by reviewing relevant literature, identifying patients’ needs through in-depth interviews, and testing content validity. The study was conducted at K University D hospital from June 2019 to September 2020 using a randomized controlled trial with a pretest-posttest design. The subjects were randomly assigned to two groups: experimental (n=15), which participated in HCEP-TI once a week for seven weeks, and control (n=15), which participated in conventional ileostomy care. Data were analyzed using linear by linear association, MannWhitney U, and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests.
Results
There were significant differences between the experimental and control groups in healthcare empowerment, self-management knowledge and behavior, and degree of peristomal skin damage. However, there was no significant difference between the groups regarding dehydration.
Conclusion
The HCEP-TI including engaged, informed, collaborative, committed, and tolerant of uncertainty intervention is effective in improving healthcare empowerment, self-management knowledge and behavior, and the degree of peristomal skin damage. This program can help patients with temporary ileostomy improve their empowerment, self-management, and stoma conditions.

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a six week self-help empowerment strategy program on the empowerment status, pain intensity, physical function, joint flexibility and depression status in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
METHOD
The subjects of the study consisted of a convenience sample thirteen rheumatoid arthritis patients. Data was collected from July to November, 2001. All patient received a self-help empowerment strategy program, once a week for six weeks.
RESULT
After receiving the self-help empowerment strategy program, the empowerment status increased significantly, the pain intensity and the depression score decreased significantly and the level of physical function significantly improved but the flexibilities of shoulders, knees and ankles were not significantly changed.
CONCLUSION
Further studies need to be done to determine the feasibility of implementing empowerment strategy and its possibility as an effective intervention program for decreasing pain intensity and depression score and improving the physical function.