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Table 3 Key components of the group intervention

From: The CHESS trial: protocol for the process evaluation of a randomised trial of an education and self-management intervention for people with chronic headache

Day

Session number

Session name

1

3

Headache information and mechanisms

1

4

Acceptance of chronic headaches

1

5

Impact of thoughts, mood and emotions on headaches

1

6

Headache cycle and breaking the cycle

1

7

Unhelpful thinking patterns and finding alternatives

2

10

Identifying barriers to change and exploring problem solving and goal setting

2

17

Communicating better with health care professionals

2

18

Managing setbacks: what to do when things don’t go according to plan