Anti-inflammatory Diet Consultation for Those With Neuromuscular Disability

Confidence in one's abilities to adhere to the anti-inflammatory diet. This is a 6-item questionnaire that asks how confident participants are about adhering to the diet for certain amounts of time at certain amounts at certain percentages of adherence. Each item is scored from 1 (not confident at all) to 7 (completely confident). The minimum score is 6 and the maximum score is 42, and higher scores indicate greater self-efficacy.

Confidence in one's abilities to adhere to the anti-inflammatory diet. This is a 6-item questionnaire that asks how confident participants are about adhering to the diet for certain amounts of time at certain amounts at certain percentages of adherence. Each item is scored from 1 (not confident at all) to 7 (completely confident). The minimum score is 6 and the maximum score is 42, and higher scores indicate greater self-efficacy.

Confidence in one's abilities to adhere to the anti-inflammatory diet. This is a 6-item questionnaire that asks how confident participants are about adhering to the diet for certain amounts of time at certain amounts at certain percentages of adherence. Each item is scored from 1 (not confident at all) to 7 (completely confident). The minimum score is 6 and the maximum score is 42, and higher scores indicate greater self-efficacy.

Confidence in one's ability to overcome the barriers associated with adhering to anti-inflammatory diet. This is a 7-item questionnaire that asks participants how confident they are about overcoming the barriers associated with adhering to the anti-inflammatory diet. Each item is scored from 1 (not confident at all) to 7 (completely confident). The minimum score is 7 and the maximum score is 49, and higher scores indicate greater self-efficacy.

Confidence in one's ability to overcome the barriers associated with adhering to anti-inflammatory diet. This is a 7-item questionnaire that asks participants how confident they are about overcoming the barriers associated with adhering to the anti-inflammatory diet. Each item is scored from 1 (not confident at all) to 7 (completely confident). The minimum score is 7 and the maximum score is 49, and higher scores indicate greater self-efficacy.

Confidence in one's ability to overcome the barriers associated with adhering to anti-inflammatory diet. This is a 7-item questionnaire that asks participants how confident they are about overcoming the barriers associated with adhering to the anti-inflammatory diet. Each item is scored from 1 (not confident at all) to 7 (completely confident). The minimum score is 7 and the maximum score is 49, and higher scores indicate greater self-efficacy.

Participants will complete a 7-day food log. Food logs are then analyzed for the number of servings the participant ate that were approved on the anti-inflammatory diet, the number of servings that were not allowed (cheats) and the total servings eaten over the 7 days. Adherence rates are then determined by calculating [(servings allowed/total servings) * 100].

Participants will complete a 7-day food log. Food logs are then analyzed for the number of servings the participant ate that were approved on the anti-inflammatory diet, the number of servings that were not allowed (cheats) and the total servings eaten over the 7 days. These values are then combined to calculate each participant's adherence rate with the formula: [(number of servings eaten that were allowed/total servings eaten) x 100]. Adherence rate will be expressed as a percentage. For example, if the participant ate 50 servings of food over 7 days, with 45 of those servings allowed by the anti-inflammatory diet and 5 servings not allowed (cheats), then the adherence rate would be calculated as: Adherence = 45/50 x 100 Adherence = 90%

Neuropathic pain as determined by the Neuropathic Pain Questionnaire (NPQ). The questionnaire consists of 32 items pertaining to three unique categories including sensory items, affective items, and sensitivity items. Sensory items are those related to the specific type and severity of pain felt (e.g., degree of burning, stabbing, throbbing), affective items relate to how the pain affects the participant in daily life (e.g., how irritating is your usual pain?) and sensitivity items related to how various stimuli may act to increase pain (e.g., increased pain due to heat). Participants are asked to rate their pain for each item numerically on a scale from 0-100 whereby 0 indicated the complete absence of pain and 100 indicated the worst pain imaginable. Scores from each of the three categories are averaged. Thus, the minimum score for each category is 0 and the maximum score for each category is 100, which higher scores indicating worse pain.

Neuropathic pain as determined by the Neuropathic Pain Questionnaire (NPQ). The questionnaire consists of 32 items pertaining to three unique categories including sensory items, affective items, and sensitivity items. Sensory items are those related to the specific type and severity of pain felt (e.g., degree of burning, stabbing, throbbing), affective items relate to how the pain affects the participant in daily life (e.g., how irritating is your usual pain?) and sensitivity items related to how various stimuli may act to increase pain (e.g., increased pain due to heat). Participants are asked to rate their pain for each item numerically on a scale from 0-100 whereby 0 indicated the complete absence of pain and 100 indicated the worst pain imaginable. Scores from each of the three categories are averaged. Thus, the minimum score for each category is 0 and the maximum score for each category is 100, which higher scores indicating worse pain.

Depression as determined by the Centre for Epidemiological Studies depression (CES-D) This is a 20-item questionnaire that asks participants to rate their depressive symptoms over the last 7 days, and each item is scored from 0-3. The minimum score for the questionnaire 0 and the maximum score is 60, with higher scores indicating worse depressive symptomology. Any score above 15 is indicative of clinical depression, but should not be taken as a diagnosis by itself.

Depression as determined by the Centre for Epidemiological Studies depression (CES-D) This is a 20-item questionnaire that asks participants to rate their depressive symptoms over the last 7 days, and each item is scored from 0-3. The minimum score for the questionnaire 0 and the maximum score is 60, with higher scores indicating worse depressive symptomology. Any score above 15 is indicative of clinical depression, but should not be taken as a diagnosis by itself.