Intervention
pain
Our intervention development process has been published,Sessions were co-led by a nurse and another registered allied health professional (nurse, health psychologist, physiotherapist, chiropractor, or occupational therapist) and just once by a research assistant. All facilitators attended 2 consecutive days of training covering the educational and self-management components. The nurses delivering the one-to-one sessions attended an additional training day to cover the classification interview and medication advice.Study participants unable to attend the group they were originally allocated were offered 2 further groups to attend, if available. Quality control and assurance of the fidelity of intervention delivery was assessed by direct observation of sessions by members of the trial team with specific quality assurance feedback to facilitators as required. The protocol and results of the process evaluation have been published.Participants in the control group received a relaxation compact disk, something known to be a valued part of pain self-management programs.