IRCT20170826035907N1.

Trial name or title	The effect of self‐caring using Tele‐Nursing on thalassemia teenagers self‐efficacy
Methods	Randomized ("simple randomization) Parallel design Not blinded
Participants	Beta thalassemia in adolescents Age: 13 ‐ 18 years Gender: both Inclusion criteria: indices for entering and exiting research include: tending to participate in the study and telephone teaching; having active file records in thalassemia section of the hospital; lack of serious disorder in parents and another family members; having cell phone personally or in family or having ability for installing Telegram application; lack of behavioral, mental, hearing and speech disorders according to the medical records and lack of another same as diabetic and cardiac disease; teenager disease lasting more than a year
Interventions	Intervention group: self‐caring teaching using tele‐nursing through telegram in form of contacting 6 telegram call during 8 weeks Control group: just routine teaching were received
Outcomes	Primary outcomes: efficacy Timepoints: before intervention, 3 months after the intervention. Method of measurement: children and teenagers Self‐efficacy Scale (SEQ‐C)
Starting date	23 September 2009
Contact information	Fatemeh Alaee Kerahroodi. Email: Falaee@iautmu.ac.ir. Telephone: +98 21 2200 6660. Address: Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Khaghani St, Shariati St, Tehran 1916893813, Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Notes	Sources of monetary support: Islamic Azad University