RECENT EVIDENCE REGARDING FAMILY-CENTRED EMPOWERMENT IN IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES AMONG ASIAN AND AFRICAN CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC DISEASES: A SCOPING REVIEW Chronic diseases directly impact children’s physical, psychological, and social health, determining their quality of life (QoL). Family support is essential for children with chronic diseases, and family-centred empowerment (FCE) programs may improve treatment outcomes and QoL. Using a scoping review, this study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of implementing FCE to improve QoL and other treatment outcomes among children with chronic diseases. The study followed the Arksey and O’Malley’s framework (2005) and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) for Scoping Reviews checklist. Studies were systematically searched on PubMed, CINAHL, ScienceDirect, and DOAJ. The quality of the included studies was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute appraisal checklist for randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental studies. The scoping review included 20 studies from the 4,380 retrieved in the initial search. The studies reported that FCE effectively improved QoL, and the physical, emotional, social, educational, and clinical outcomes among children aged 2–20 years suffering from chronic haematological, respiratory, renal, neurological, hepatological, and neurobehavioral disorders. Overall, FCE is a potentially effective, sustainable model for improving QoL among children with chronic diseases.

The COVID-19 pandemic affects blood glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (type 2 DM). Internet-based interventions show great potential in type 2 DM patients care. The aim of the study is to identify internet-based self-care monitoring interventions in type 2 DM patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a systematic scoping review of PubMed, CINAHL, SAGE Journals, and ScienceDirect spanning 2019-2022, full-text articles, and randomized controlled trials. Study quality was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) appraisal tool. Overall, 12 studies revealed that the internet was effectively used for self-care monitoring in type 2 DM patients during the COVID-19 pandemic such as to monitor blood sugar, diet, physical activity, drug use, problem solving, and dealing with stress, including mobile health (applications), web, telephone, and SMS (Short Message Service). Our finding highlights internet-based self-care monitoring can be a model of nursing intervention to prevent and increase the quality of life in DM patients.