en تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="line-height:2;"><b>Background: </b>Caring for individuals with schizophrenia in the community requires systematic and continuous support, with family members playing a central role in home-based care. Empowering these families is therefore critically important. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a family empowerment program on the caregiving ability of family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia living in the community.<br> <b>Methods</b> This quasi-experimental study, using a pretest&ndash;posttest control group design, was conducted from August to November 2025 in Pathum Thani, Thailand. The sample consisted of 60 eligible family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia who were randomly assigned to an experimental group (<i>n</i> = 30) and a control group (<i>n</i> = 30). The experimental group participated in a family empowerment program based on Gibson&#39;s framework delivered in five sessions over six weeks, while the control group received routine advice for home care of patients with schizophrenia &nbsp;. Data were collected using a general information form and the Caregiving Ability for Patients with Schizophrenia Scale. Descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics, including independent t-test and paired samples t-test, were used for data analysis using IBM SPSS Statistics version 26, with the level of statistical significance set at <i>p</i> < 0.05.<br> <b>Results: </b>After participation in the family empowerment program, the experimental group showed a statistically significant increase in mean caregiving ability scores compared with baseline (142.50 &plusmn; 16.46 vs. 126.40 &plusmn; 16.06, p < 0.001), and their mean score was also significantly higher than that of the control group (p = 0.005).<br> <b>Conclusion: </b>The family empowerment program was effective in enhancing family caregivers&rsquo; ability to care for patients with schizophrenia in the community.</span></span></span></div> Schizophrenia, Caregivers, Family, Community Mental Health Services, Empowerment 0 0 http://jccnc.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1218-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Patcharin Namuangrak patcharin.n@dru.ac.th 100319475328460015258 100319475328460015258 Yes Department of of Family and Community Nursing and Primary Medical Care, Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Dhonburi Rajabhat University, Samut Prakarn, Thailand. Siriporn Nantasenee siriporn.na@siu.ac.th 100319475328460015259 100319475328460015259 No Shinawatra University, Thailand