Supplementation of Critical Nutrients in a Plant-based Diet

Supplementation of Critical Nutrients in a Plant-based Diet as Assessed by Experts in Nutrition - a Cross-sectional Survey

500 participants of the vegan/vegetarian congress VegMed are to be included, which should answer once (cross-sectional study) a medicine socio-behaviorist questionnaire on the topic "supplementation of critical nutrients in a plant-based diet" at the VegMed congress on 21/04/2018. The aim of the study is to understand how experts in this field behave and whether actions taken follow official recommendations.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Deficiency, Vitamin; Vegan's Anemia (Vitamin B12 Deficiency); Deficiencies Micronutrient
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Questionnaire on the topic "Supplementation of critical nutrients in a plant-based diet"

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 500

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Germany
  • Berlin, Germany, 14109
    • Charité Hochschulambulanz für Naturheilkunde am Immanuel Krankenhaus

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

• Participants of the VegMed congress (Berlin, April 2018)
• Expertise of the respondent in the field of nutritional medicine

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants of the VegMed congress (Berlin, April 2018)
• Expertise of the respondent in the field of nutritional medicine
• Presence during the oral education to participate in the survey

Exclusion Criteria:

N/A

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Other
• Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Participants of the VegMed congress (Berlin, April 2018)	Other: Questionnaire on the topic "Supplementation of critical nutrients in a plant-based diet"; No active intervention, only survey as mentioned above.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Assessment of critical nutrients in vegan diet	Cross-sectional survey	21st April 2018

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Supplementation of critical nutrients in a vegan diet	Cross-sectional survey	21st April 2018
Recommendations for patients by the experts	Cross-sectional survey	21st April 2018

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 21, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 21, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): April 21, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 20, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 20, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): May 31, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 17, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 14, 2018
• Last Verified: December 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Nutrition Disorders; Deficiency Diseases; Malnutrition; Vitamin B Deficiency; Vitamin B 12 Deficiency; Avitaminosis
• Other Study ID Numbers: VegMed2018

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No