The Effectiveness of Creating Hope on Distress of Women with Breast Cancer

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of creating hope in distress of women with breast cancer. For this purpose 18 women who were diagnosed with breast cancer at Shohaday-e Tajrish hospital affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences were chosen from available samples and were divided into two groups of experimental and control. The experimental group underwent 8 sessions of intervention based on creating of hope and expectation of treatment in duration of 90 minutes. Analysis of covariance showed that creating hope and expectation of treatment was effective in reducing the distress of patients suffering from breast cancer. One month follow up showed that this reduced level of distress in the mothers remains sustained until follow-up.