Patients with chronic pain: One-year follow-up of a multimodal rehabilitation programme at a pain clinic

•Patients with chronic pain treated at a conventional pain clinic showed high complexity of pain and pain-related problems.•Patients’ suffering included very low health-related quality of life, high pain-related disability and insomnia.•One year after a multimodal rehabilitation programme, patients’ health-related quality of life, insomnia, pain-related disability and kinesiophobia had significantly improved.•Multimodal rehabilitation at a conventional pain clinic is a successful treatment option.