Table 1 The educational content of training sessions presented to the intervention group 1 and 2

1

Getting to know the patients and familiarizing the patients with each other, filling out the questionnaires, explaining the research objectives and methods, getting to know the nature of the disease, its complications, risk factors and its control methods, providing educational booklets to patients after getting to know each other. According to the study objectives, the educational contents were presented through PowerPoint and lectures

2

Familiarizing patients with treatment methods and principles of drug therapy and their side effects

3

Familiarizing patients with diet, appropriate physical activities and stress reduction methods

4

Familiarizing patients with the method of overcoming disease problems, especially fatigue. Familiarizing patients in the intervention group 1 and patients and a family member in the intervention group 2 with the telephone follow-up for 8 weeks after the last training session. Questions and answers, reinforcement of teachings and managing the disease once a week for about 10 min based on the patient's needs