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.