These reductions of standard deviations mean reduction of unevenness in levels of understanding of the session contents and in levels of difficulties of following class among participants.
Homework assignments were followed-up and new tasks assigned based on the session contents.
After each session, participants were given handouts with a summary of the most important session contents.
As consequence, for the psychological intervention component, several session contents of 'A Matter of Balance' were adapted.
Sessions 1, 2 and 3: In the supportive therapy session contents may vary; there are no specific topics therapists need to address, there is no patient material and no homework.
One possible way of improving these programs is by promoting the review of the therapy session contents outside the clinic during the therapy program and once the program is finished.
Data were gathered from health professionals on the number of education sessions from the programme that were delivered, the duration of the education sessions, the percentage of the session contents that were covered and whether they displayed/disseminated the patient materials.
