Characteristics of Websites Presenting Parenteral Supplementation Services in Five European Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to characterize the parenteral supplementation services in Czechia, Ireland, Italy, Poland, and the United Kingdom based on their websites. We generated a list of websites by searching Google using the term "vitamin infusion" and selected cities with 250,000 citizens from each analyzed country. All search inputs were performed using the native language. Data on the features of services, indications, contraindications, offered parenteral supplements, and social media activity were obtained. We analyzed 317 websites representing 371 active facilities. Only 6 (1.9%) facilities cited the scientific sources on parenteral supplementation, but these reference were highly biased; 17.4% did not provide information regarding their personnel, while 11.9% indicated the different contraindicat

SUBMITTER: Kaminski M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7760744 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature