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Abstract
Background: Schizophrenia imposes a significant disability on people suffering from and very often unable to achieve life various goals. Schizophrenia is associated with a heterogeneous group of symptoms that causes significant distress to their sufferers affects interpersonal relations, personal care, with its negative impact on patient’s quality of life and recovery. Empowerment intervention is a core component of the recovery framework, together with connectedness, hope and optimism about the future identity and meaning of life. Empowerment intervention is strengthen the individual’s competence, natural helping systems and proactive behaviors found to be effective in promoting recovery and overcoming illness-related disability. Aim: The current study was designed to assess the effect of empowerment intervention on helplessness, recovery and quality of life among schizophrenic patients. Method: The study was carried out using a quasi-experimental research design [pretest -posttest] was carried out between January 2021 and January 2022 on 60 participants who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia were chosen according to inclusion criteria, was conducted at the inpatient and outpatient psychiatric department of the Mansoura University Hospital. Results: revealed that there was statistical significant difference in mean scores of helplessness, recovery, empowerment, quality of life and positive and negative symptoms before and after Empowerment Intervention. Conclusion: helplessness, recovery, empowerment, quality of life and positive and negative symptoms of patients with schizophrenia improved significantly after Empowerment Intervention. Recommendations: Further researches on developing programs that are needed for better understanding of relation between Schizophrenia, Empowerment and to improve self-Empowerment levels of patients with Schizophrenia.