Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the pain management programme.

Inclusion criteria
18 years of age or older
Pain present for longer than 6 months
A pattern of failures of surgical or medical treatments with no further pain interventions planned
Pain having a significant impact on quality of life (affecting two or more of the following):
(i) work impaired by pain
(ii) non-work activity impaired by pain
(iii) habitual overactivity/underactivity cycles
(iv) significant distress attributable to pain
(v) overuse of analgesic or psychotropic drugs for pain
(vi) overuse of aids
High levels of reported or observed pain behaviour
Willingness to function within a group setting
Ability to meet the demands of a residential programme (e.g. able to self-care)
Basic standard of reading and understanding in English
Exclusion criteria
Current major psychiatric disorder (e.g. active psychosis, severe depression with high risk of suicidal behaviour)
Brain injury or disease that would be expected to interfere with learning and/or programme participation