Influencing a Vegan Diet and the Intake of Dietary Supplements During Pregnancy and Childhood
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorWolfgang Huber-Schneider
About this trial
The main goals of the exploratory, cross-sectional survey among vegans are to reveal influencing factors, sources of information gathering, reasons for choosing certain dietary supplements of pregnant vegans and parents, difficulties in administering dietary supplements to children, and the compliance of dietary supplements of vegans, because there is no data available yet. Results serve as a starting point for comprehensive information provision for surveyed vegans and provide insight into the nutritional knowledge of vegans. The advisory role of the medical experts is essential to provide vegans with reliable information on a balanced vegan diet and dietary supplements. The opinion of medical experts has a decisive influence on the health of vegans. For this reason the content of their advice will be assessed.
The main questions the study aims to answer are: Do vegan pregnant women and parents know about possible nutrient deficiencies during pregnancy and childhood and who do they turn to for information about nutritional supplements? What is the quality of the information received?
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Females/gender-diverse participants (ages 18 and over) who follow/followed a vegan diet during their pregnancy/pregnancies (If there is/was more than one pregnancy, at least during one of their pregnancies)
Parents (females/males/gender-diverse - ages 18 and over) who feed/fed their child/children (If there is more than one child, at least one of them) a vegan diet within the age of 0-5 years
Vegan mothers/gender-diverse participants (ages 18 and over) who breastfeed/breastfed their infant(s)/child(ren). Answering questions regarding their infant(s)/child(ren) up to an age of 5 years will be included
Pregnant and breastfeeding women/gender diverse participants/parents (f/m/d) who make rare exceptions to their vegan diet and a vegan diet of their child(ren) - up to an age of 5 years. Inclusion in the survey depends on the frequency of exceptions → determined through questions/given answers within the survey. Participants that consume animal products maximum twice a month will be included - hence participants who do not make vegetarian or pescetarian exceptions more than twice a month will be included 5.Confirmation of the consent form and participant information ( online - addressing the subjects, purpose and process of the study, opportunities for discussion of further questions, duration of the questionnaire, who is conducting the study, possibility for further inquiries)
Disqualifiers
Females/gender-diverse participants who change/changed their vegan diet (eat/ate a vegetarian or omnivorous diet) during their pregnancy/pregnancies
Parents who do not feed/have never fed their children a vegan diet at least up to an age of 5 years (If vegan mothers followed a vegan diet during their pregnancy, exclusion only relates to questions concerning their children)
No confirmation of the consent form and participant information (online) For the inclusion into the study at least one inclusion criteria (plus participant information) must be fulfilled. Exclusion (or not inclusion) will happen if only exclusion 3 is fulfilled. If only 1 or 2 is fulfilled - and 3 is not, participants will be included in the survey. All criteria will be proven by the study physician.
Other medical specialists than mentioned in inclusion criteria
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Not listed
Trial groups
1,000 Participants
are grouped into 2 trial groupsSponsors and collaborators
Wolfgang Huber-Schneider
Lead sponsor
University of Vienna
Sponsor institution
University of Vienna
Collaborator
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety GmbH - AGES
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov