Characterising concurrent pain experience and dietary patterns in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain: a feasibility study protocol

Table 3 Summary of exploratory (non-feasibility) outcome measures

Demographics	Age, gender, life-stage (pregnant, breastfeeding, menopausal status), postcode, employment status, highest level of education, comorbidities, medication.
Physical measures	Anthropometry (weight, height, waist circumference); functional capacity (grip strength, TUG).
Health-related behaviours	Dietary intake (WFR); diet quality (DGI); nutrition knowledge (AUS-R NKQ); activity patterns (GENEActiv, IPAQ); sleep (sleep log, PSQI).
Pain	Neuropathic pain (S-LANSS); body chart (pain location and duration; diagnosis of pain-provoking condition, pain treatments, pain medication, past injuries/surgeries, compensable injury); persistent low back pain (PLBPQ); pain severity (SF-MPQ); pain intensity (VAS); pain catastrophising (PCS).
Psychological measures	Health-related quality of life (SF36); mood (POMS, VAMS); eating behaviours (hedonic hunger (PFS), present food craving (FCQ-S), food craving control (CoEQ), emotional eating (DEBQ-E)).

Abbreviations: AUS-R NKQ Revised General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire for Australia, DGI Dietary Guideline Index, CoEQ Control of Eating Questionnaire, DEBQ-E Dutch Emotional Eating Behaviour Questionnaire, FCQ-S Food Craving Scale, IPAQ International Physical Activity Questionnaire, PCS Pain Catastrophising Scale, PFS Power of Food Scale, PLBPQ Persistent Low Back Pain Questionnaire, PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, POMS Profile of Moods State, SF36 Short-form 36, SF-MPQ Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire, S-LANSS Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs, TUG timed up and go, VAMS Visual Analogue Mood Scale, VAS visual analogue scale

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