Barriers to Vegetarian Diets

University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Chronic Disease

Treatments: Other: Survey using a questionnaire.

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07075653

HP-00106683

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this observational study is to learn what affects a person's openness to adopting a vegetarian diet in urban community members with chronic disease.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

How open are individuals to adopting a vegetarian diet? What are the barriers to adopting a vegetarian diet?

Researchers will compare Black and White individuals to see if there are differences.

Participants will be asked to fill out a survey about their openness to going vegetarian as well as barriers to going vegetarian such as perceived stigma, tastiness, financial cost, convenience, familiarity, and healthfulness.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 88 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18-88 years old

Exclusion criteria

• Age <18 or >88 years old

Trial design

150 participants in 3 patient groups

Midtown

Description:

This group includes participants recruited at the UMMC Midtown Campus.

Treatment:

Other: Survey using a questionnaire.

UMMC

Description:

This group includes participants recruited at University of Maryland Medical Center.

Treatment:

Other: Survey using a questionnaire.

UHC

Description:

This group includes participants recruited at the University of Maryland University Health Center.

Treatment:

Other: Survey using a questionnaire.