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

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nutrition-related factors linked to pain chronicity and disability include weight status and dietary behaviours. Dietary patterns associated with concurrent pain episodes, however, remain poorly characterised. This paper outlines the protocol for a feasibility study that aims to characterise pain-related dietary and lifestyle behaviours in people experiencing chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Methods

The study will recruit participants who experience musculoskeletal pain on 5 or more days of the week for at least 3 months. Participants will attend two in-person clinic visits where physical measurements and a series of pain and lifestyle questionnaires will be completed. Visits will be conducted pre and post a 2-week self-monitoring period where participants will sel

SUBMITTER: Ward SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10801926 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature