Bliokas 2007.

Methods	RCT; 3 arms; assessed at pretreatment and post‐treatment
Participants	End of treatment n = 94 Start of treatment n = 143 Sex: 79 F, 64 M Mean age =  45.2 (SD 9.2) Source = referrals to Pain Management Service after medical treatment completed Diagnosis = chronic non‐cancer pain Mean years of pain = median 4.0
Interventions	"Graded exposure in vivo and outpatient multidisciplinary chronic pain management group program" "outpatient multidisciplinary chronic pain management group program" "Waiting list control"
Outcomes	Primary pain outcome: pain VAS Primary disability outcome: Pain Disability Index Primary mood outcome: DASS depression Catastrophising outcome: none 1. Pain VAS 2. Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia: fear of movement/re/injury 3. Pain Self‐Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ) 4. Pain Disability Index (PDI) 5. Depression, Anxiety & Stress Scale (DASS): depression and anxiety scores only 6. Activity level: performance over 2 weeks of 10 usually avoided activities 7. 6‐minute walk test
Notes	Chronic pain management programme with graded exposure versus waiting list control December 2009 search Data obtained from author: analyses 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 Yates quality scale: total quality = 23/35, design quality = 15/26, treatment quality = 8/9
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Low risk	Random numbers generation
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	High risk	Not reported
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	Attrition fully reported; no differences
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Low risk	Fully reported
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	High risk	Examination by physiotherapist and self report: no blinding reported