The effect of informational-emotional support program on illness perceptions and emotional coping of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
Masoumeh PourfallahiMohammad GholamiMohammad Javad TarrahiTahereh ToulabiParastou Kordestani MoghadamPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2019)
A 10-week nurse-led informational-emotional support program can lead to changed illness perceptions without changing emotional coping. The effect of this support program should be studied on the coping and illness perceptions over the trajectory of cancer, especially in end stages in the future.