Study	Reason for exclusion
Anderson 2007	No randomisation
Carleton 2011	Attention modification training in a laboratory; delivery was not from, or supervised by, a healthcare professional qualified in psychology, psychiatry or psychosomatic medicine
De Voogd 2003	No randomisation
Garcia 2006	Less than 10 patients per treatment arm
Goeppinger 2009	Did not meet the criteria of self management. No modelling as supplied by the facilitators
Goldenberg 1994	No randomisation
Haugli 2008	No separate data of FM‐patients presented; not provided on request
Langford 2010	Combination of cognitive behavioural therapy with interpersonal (psychodynamic) therapy
Lommel 2011	No randomisation
Lorig 2008	Details of FM diagnosis not reported
Martinez‐Valero 2008	< 10 patients per treatment arm
Solomon 2002	No separate data of FM patients presented; not provided on request
Stuifbergen 2010	Details of FM diagnosis not reported and not provided on request
Van Oosterwijck 2013	Pain physiology education without self‐management education
Williams 2002	Outcomes reported not suited for meta‐analysis: 25% of the patients in CBT group and 12% of the patients in the TAU group reported improvement of ≥ 6.5 points on the physical component score of the SF‐36. Outcomes suited for meta‐analysis not provided on request