Barriers to Vegetarian Diets

Recruiting

• Conditions: Chronic Disease

• Registration Number: NCT07075653
• Lead Sponsor: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-01-30
• Status Verified: 2025-07
• Study First Submitted: 2025-07-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-07-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-07-10
• Study First Posted: 2025-07-20
• Last Update Posted: 2025-07-20
• Primary Completion: 2026-12-31
• Study Completion: 2026-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 18-88 years old

Exclusion Criteria

• Age <18 or >88 years old

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Openness to going vegetarian	5-10 minutes	Openness is measured by the response to a set of statements on the survey where responses range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree).
Anticipated vegetarian stigma	5-10 minutes	Anticipated stigma is measured by the response to a set of statements on the survey where responses range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree).
Perceived tastiness of a vegetarian diet	5-10 minutes	Perceived tastiness is measured by the response to a set of statements on the survey where responses range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree).
Perceived financial cost of a vegetarian diet	5-10 minutes	Perceived financial cost is measured by the response to a set of statements on the survey where responses range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree).
Familiarity of a vegetarian diet	5-10 minutes	Familiarity is measured by the response to a set of statements on the survey where responses range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree).
Perceived convenience of a vegetarian diet	5-10 minutes	Perceived convenience is measured by the response to a set of statements on the survey where responses range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree).
Perceived healthfulness of a vegetarian diet	5-10 minutes	Perceived healthfulness is measured by the response to a set of statements on the survey where responses range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree).

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

University Health Center; 🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus; 🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

University of Maryland Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland, United States