Table 1.

Participant demographics at baseline (T1)

	Participants who completed T1 but not T2	Participants who completed T1 and T2	Total
Gender	(n=42)	(n=65)	(n=107)
Male	6 (14.3%)	9 (13.8%)	15 (14.0%)
Female	36 (85.7%)	56 (86.2%)	92 (86.0%)
Age (years)	(n=41) Mean=56.07 (SD=13.85)	(n=65) Mean=54.74 (SD=12.22)	(n=106) Mean=55.25 (SD=12.83)
Ethnicity	(n=41)	(n=65)	(n=106)
White (British, Irish, other)	39 (95.1%)	60 (92.3%)	99 (93.4%)
Black (Caribbean, African)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	1 (0.9%)
Mixed (white/black, white/Asian, other)	1 (2.4%)	2 (3.1%)	3 (2.8%)
Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, other)	1 (2.4%)	2 (3.1%)	3 (2.8%)
Asian Eastern (Chinese, other)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Living situation*	(n=42)	(n=65)	(n=107)
Lives alone	7 (16.7%)	10 (15.4%)	17 (15.9%)
Lives with partner	25 (59.5%)	48 (73.8%)	73 (68.2%)
Lives with children	16 (38.1%)	24 (36.9%)	40 (37.4%)
Other	2 (4.8%)	1 (1.5%)	3 (2.8%)
Employment	(n=42)	(n=65)	(n=107)
Working (full time, part time, in the house, student)	13 (31.0%)	31 (47.7%)	44 (41.1%)
Not working (due to chronic pain/fatigue/other condition)	15 (35.7%)	19 (29.2%)	34 (31.8%)
Retired/semiretired	14 (33.3%)	14 (21.5%)	28 (26.2%)
Other	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	1 (0.9%)
Conditions	(n=41)	(n=65)	(n=106)
Low back pain	30 (73.2%)	49 (75.4%)	79 (74.5%)
Widespread pain	19 (46.3%)	33 (50.8%)	52 (49.1%)
Fibromyalgia	9 (22.0%)	20 (30.8%)	29 (27.4%)
CFS/ME	6 (14.6%)	6 (9.2%)	12 (11.3%)
Other	9 (22.0%)	12 (18.5%)	21 (19.8%)
No of the above conditions	(n=41)	(n=65)	(n=106)
1	17 (41.5%)	24 (36.9%)	41 (38.7%)
2	19 (46.3%)	30 (46.2%)	49 (46.2%)
3	3 (7.3%)	9 (13.8%)	12 (11.3%)
4	1 (2.4%)	1 (1.5%)	2 (1.9%)
5	1 (2.4%)	1 (1.5%)	2 (1.9%)
Duration of participants’ main condition (years)	(n=35) Mean=10.23 (SD=9.49)	(n=61) Mean=12.94 (SD=11.36)	(n=96) Mean=11.95 (SD=10.74)

*Patients could select more than one answer.

CFS/ME, chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis.