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. 2018;19(6):1523–1528. doi: 10.22034/APJCP.2018.19.6.1523
Session content Meeting’s subject
-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