Session content | Meeting’s subject |
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-Introducing and making friends and doing pre-test and asking about the present condition and problems of the patient. - Providing strategies for the patients to receive physical, mental and emotional family support. - Emphasizing the family role in improvement of the current condition and coping with cancer. |
Session one Family involvement effectiveness |
Optimistic attitude and its influence on coping- Being positive by challenging negative thoughts Increasing positive excitements. Emphasizing daily use of optimistic strategies by patients and their family.- |
Session two Optimistic attitude |
-Discussing best ways to havecalm in order to reduce stress and providng solutions to tolerate problems. - Providing ways to cope with cancer effect on appearance and family and normal life. - Introducing successful scenarios in society on coping with cancer |
Session three Coping effectiveness |
- Encouraging patients to talk about the ambiguities and ask their questions about the disease. - Inspiring patients to ask doctors their questions and trying to make clear the ambiguities about the challenges through group discussions. - Sharing patients and their family’s concerns about treatment expenses and providing solutions to receive financial support as: joining association of cancer patients, receiving help from a social worker. |
Session four Uncertainty reduction |
- Providing solutions on self-care to control the symptom, side effects of the treatment, communicating effectively with therapeutic team to control the symptoms - debating about ways to manage concerns and feelings and sharing participant’s experiences and methods to control stress like relaxing muscles and body |
Session five Symptoms management |
- Increasing family involvement by FOCUS - Reaching to a conclusion using previously discussed issues - Performing post-test. |
Session six |