2.5. Participant feedback
The mean response to the question on overall usefulness of the program was 8.25 (SD 1⁄4 2.62), on a scale from 0 (‘not useful’), through 5 (‘moderately useful’), to 10 (‘very useful’). All compo- nents of the program achieved a mean score in excess of 5. Re- sponses to the open-ended question included “My headaches have reduced dramatically...My quality of life is better...My mood improved...Personality has returned”, “I've completely changed as a person...I love life and it's been fantastic”, and “I wish this was around 30 years ago when I started getting headaches. My life would have been better”. A number of participants made com- ments to the effect that it was unfortunate that headache sufferers were not more commonly referred to psychologists.