Table 7.

Pain: examples of patient’s agenda contents

Agenda Areas	Examples of guide questions
Feeling	Which are your feelings about pain? How do you feel when you talk about what is happening to you?
Ideas/Interpretations	What do you think about the pain you are experiencing or you have experienced? Which explanations did you give to yourself?
Expectaions/Desires	What do you think is going to happen over the next period? What could make your pain more bearable?
Environment	How was your life before the pain? Did pain affect your environment? (family, work, friends) If yes, how?

Adapted from: Foà, La Sala, Tonarelli, Taffurelli, Sestigiani. In Artioli, Copelli, Foà, La Sala (2016)