The Impact of a Web-based Empowerment Program on Intolerance of Uncertainty and Maintenance Burden.

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1. type

   EXPERIMENTAL

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   Strengthening Program Group

   description

   Caregivers will participate in a 15-week Web-Based Caregiver Empowerment Program. In the first week, after completing an informed consent form, caregivers will be introduced to the Web-Based Empowerment Program based on the Theory of Illness. Pre-test forms (Caregiver Information Form, Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS-12), Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale) will be administered. The program will include two modules of training and five counseling sessions for caregivers. In the second week, caregivers will receive training on Module 1: General Information about Prostate Cancer and Hormone Therapy in Prostate Cancer. In the seventh week, training on Module 2: Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer will be provided. Counseling sessions will be held in weeks three, five, eight, eleven, and thirteen. During the counseling session, patients' questions regarding the training will be answered. The final test forms (Caregiver Information Form, Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS-12), Zarit Caregiv

   interventionNames

   1. Other: Web-Based Empowerment Program Based on Uncertainty Theory

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   NO_INTERVENTION

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   Control

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   Caregivers will not receive any intervention for fifteen weeks. Standard care will be provided. In the first week, caregivers will be administered pre-test forms (Caregiver Information Form, Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS-12), Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale form). In the fifteenth week, post-test forms (Caregiver Information Form, Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS-12), Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale form) will be administered.