title: Nucare, a coping skills training intervention for oncology patients and families: participants' motivations and expectations.
abstract: This study looks at the relationship between intention, self-efficacy, and beliefs as components of readiness to learn in a population dealing with a cancer diagnosis who attended the Nucare program, a coping skills training intervention. The subjects completed a short questionnaire and/or participated in a focus group as part of the intervention. We found a positive relationship between participants finding the intervention useful and their levels of self-efficacy and beliefs in their ability to change their coping strategies. Understanding that patients believe that coping is important to their well-being helps nurses plan interventions to teach and promote the use of coping skills to patients and families. Nucare may be selected as a useful guide to practice.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Department of Oncology, McGill University School of Nursing, and a Research Associate, Department of Epidemiology and HOPE & COPE, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, PQ.
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Edgar
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003142:Communication; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011340:Problem Solving; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires