Table 2.

Focus group and interview guide.

First, we will start with your overall thoughts and experiences with the diet. 1. What are your experiences with the diet? What are your overall thoughts? What did you enjoy? What did you not enjoy? 2. How does this diet compare to other diets you’ve tried? 3. Who would benefit from this diet the most? The least? 4. Did you notice any cognitive benefits from the diet? Any clarity? 5. Did you notice any motor or sensory changes with the diet? 6. What are some other benefits you might have noticed from the diet? Side effects? Now we would like to explore your experiences with the diet during the 3-month span of the study you completed. 7. What were some barriers that you had to face when trying to stick to the diet? What made it hard, challenging, or prevented you from complying? 8. What were some facilitators or aspects that made the diet easier to stick to? What made it easier, what were the strategies or tips to be compliant? 9. What might be some barriers that other people with spinal cord injury might face when trying to complete such a diet? 10. What are some important facilitators other people with spinal cord injury might need in order to complete the diet? 11. What is needed to make this type of diet more accessible for people with spinal cord injury? Now we would like to explore your experiences with the diet over the last year. 12. Over the last year, what was your experience with sticking to the diet? 13. What are some barriers or facilitators you face when trying to stick to the diet? 14. This diet can be understood as a lifestyle change, because if you discontinue the diet then the results quickly go away. How might someone with a spinal cord injury stick to this diet for life? 15. If you could change anything about the diet, what would it be? 16. What were some of your experiences with the supplements for the diet? Is there anything else you can think of when it comes to your overall thoughts and experiences about the diet?