Of the five participants who integrated the group: all lived in family; age range between 30 and 65 years (mean
= 40.4; median = 36; standard deviation = 9.6072); only one was divorced. Evolution of the disease >10 years. All
patients were in the geodemographic area of the community. One of them was being submitted to a monthly shot.
Three patients attended the middle school and two had the high school level. Regarding the results of the Graffar
Scale, two participants were in the class IV (lower middle); two Class III (middle class) and one belonged to Class II
(upper middle). In the first session the nurse and the patients presented themselves and it was given an explanation of
the guidelines of the program and data collection. The remaining sessions were held weekly.
Session No 2: Demystifying the Disease