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 selfefficacy 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.