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Abstract

Aim: The aim was to implement an educational programme for the family members of patients with oesophageal cancer on prevention behaviours in Golestan province, north of Iran. Design: In this mixed-method research, qualitative and quantitative studies will be conducted. Methods: This study will be carried out using an exploratory mixed-method design in Golestan province, north of Iran in 2018�2019. The research will include three consecutive phases. At first, a qualitative study will be carried out to determine the preventive behaviour and measures of oesophageal cancer. In this phase, the participants will be selected using the purposive sampling method. Later, semi-structured interviews will be conducted with the relatives of patients with oesophageal cancer to collect the necessary qualitative data. The second phase will include a literature review based on the information collected from the first phase. Later, a researcher-made questionnaire will be designed based on the extended parallel process model. Furthermore, a comprehensive programme will be proposed about self-care of the patients with oesophageal cancer. In the third phase, a quantitative quasi-experimental research will be conducted over two groups of participants to measure the effectiveness of this programme. This research was approved by the Ethics Committee of Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Iran in November 2017. Discussion: Educational interventions should be designed purposefully according to the needs of the target group to improve their self-care behaviours. We also expect that this research can improve the individuals' access to high-quality preventive behaviours with regard to oesophageal cancer. Trial registration: The project was registered on the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials, (registration number: IRCT20180725040588N1, date registered: 2th October 2018). © 2019 John Wiley & Sons Lt