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 components of the program achieved a mean score in excess of 5. Responses 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.