fa عمومى General پژوهشي Research <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background:</strong> Long-term hospitalization for cancer treatment can prevent the continuation&nbsp;of a normal life of patients with cancer and their families. In this regard, caregivers face with&nbsp;problems such as psychological stress, hopelessness, fear, anxiety, and feelings of depression.&nbsp;The aim of this research was to investigate the effect of teaching of coping skills on the anxiety&nbsp;in caregivers of patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy.<br> <strong>Methods: </strong>This research was a quasi-experimental study, pretest-posttest design with control&nbsp;group which started from October 2014 and lasted until February 2015. In this study, 62 caregivers&nbsp;of cancer patients were selected by convenience sampling method. A total of 30 subjects&nbsp;were non-randomly assigned in the experimental (intervention) group and 32 ones in the control<br> group. The intervention was done based on a defined plan, which included teaching coping strategies&nbsp;to the experimental group in 4 sessions (45-60 minutes each session) using booklet and&nbsp;question and answer (QA) meeting. The control group received routine education. After 4 weeks,&nbsp;both groups were compared in terms of anxiety using Beck anxiety inventory questionnaire. The&nbsp;data were analyzed using SPSS 18 software, through performing paired t test, the Chi-square test,&nbsp;the Independent t-test, and Fisher&rsquo;s exact test.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> There was no significant difference regarding the anxiety between the experimental&nbsp;and control groups before the intervention (P=0.122). Four weeks after the intervention, anxiety&nbsp;of the experimental group improved, but no improvement was observed in the control group.&nbsp;Therefore, the two groups had statistically significant differences in this regard (P=0.001).<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> With regard to anxiety of the caregivers of the patients with cancer undergoing&nbsp;chemotherapy, the results showed the effectiveness of intervention i.e., teaching coping skills.&nbsp;Considering the effectiveness of teaching coping skills and consequently decreased anxiety in&nbsp;the caregivers of patients with cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, it is suggested that this&nbsp;intervention be included in nurses family-centered care program.</p> Anxiety, Cancer, Caregivers, Coping skills 27 36 http://jccnc.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-167-7&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Mahnaz Seyedolshohadayi 10031947532846003286 10031947532846003286 No Department of Internal Surgical, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Parimehr Ayar parimehrayar@gmail.com 10031947532846003287 10031947532846003287 Yes Department of Internal Surgical, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Marjan Mardani 10031947532846003288 10031947532846003288 No Department of Psychological Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Hamid Haghani 10031947532846003289 10031947532846003289 No Department of Biological Statistics, School of Management and Medical Information, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.