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Yet translational readiness requires more than biological efficacy data it requires knowing whether patients would actually accept such preparations under realistic informational conditions. No study has addressed this question in a defined IDA population. We conducted a cross\u2010sectional online survey among 71 Romanian adults with physician\u2010diagnosed IDA and prior oral iron experience, measuring informed acceptance assessed only after participants received standardized clinical information, including current evidence limitations, using a validated 5\u2010item composite score (ACC_score;\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.801). Health Belief Model (HBM) constructs, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) attitudes, motivators, adverse\u2010effect burden, and physician trust were examined as predictors via Spearman correlations and ordinary least squares regression. Acceptance was high overall (ACC_score\u2009=\u200920.68, SD\u2009=\u20093.25) though concentrated near the scale ceiling (IQR\u2009=\u200919\u201323), limiting variability in the outcome and likely attenuating observed associations. The multivariate model explained 63.8% of variance (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.001); self\u2010efficacy showed the strongest standardized association in the primary OLS model (\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.384), followed by perceived barriers (\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009\u22120.275), CAM attitudes (\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.248), and perceived susceptibility (\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.229) though self\u2010efficacy did not reach statistical significance in a binary logistic sensitivity analysis (OR\u2009=\u20094.01,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.058), most likely reflecting information loss from outcome dichotomization. Critically, among individual barrier items, only the lack of long\u2010term evidence reached statistical significance a specific, addressable target for patient communication. Notably, safety concerns about current iron formulations were positively, not negatively, associated with acceptance, consistent with an activated patient profile in which dissatisfaction with tolerability motivates alternative\u2010seeking. The sample was highly selected (95.8% female and 91.5% university educated), and the findings should be interpreted as hypothesis\u2010generating and require confirmation in larger, clinically verified, and more representative IDA populations.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/anem\/3201387","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,8]],"date-time":"2026-09-08T08:54:26Z","timestamp":1788857666000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Factors Influencing Acceptance of Microalgae\u2010Based Iron Supplements in Romanian Adults With Self\u2010Reported Iron\u2010Deficiency Anemia: A Cross\u2010Sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2026","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-6357-6558","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alexandra","family":"Lacurezeanu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5407-8071","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dan Cristian","family":"Vodnar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_15_1_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s13045-021-01202-2"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4172\/2161-038x.1000187"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(20)32594-0"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_4_2","volume-title":"WHO Global Anaemia Estimates: Key Findings 2025","author":"WHO","year":"2025"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_5_2","unstructured":"Romania-Prevalence of Anemia Among Non-pregnant Women (% of Women Ages 15-49)-2026 Data 2027 Forecast 1990-2023 Historical https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/romania\/prevalence-of-anemia-among-non-pregnant-women-percent-of-women-ages-15-49-wb-data.html."},{"key":"e_1_2_15_6_2","first-page":"1","volume-title":"Haemoglobin Concentrations for the Diagnosis of Anaemia and Assessment of Severity","author":"World Health Organisation","year":"2011"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0283645"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/diseases13100313"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMra1401038"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_10_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/bjh.19984"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_11_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S1368980008002401"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_12_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3324\/haematol.2024.284967"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_13_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1185\/03007995.2012.761599"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_14_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0117383"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_15_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1155\/2024\/1716798"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_16_2","unstructured":"The Economic Cost of Anaemia | Anaemia Action Alliance 2026 https:\/\/anaemiaalliance.who.int\/about-anaemia\/cost-of-inaction."},{"key":"e_1_2_15_17_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/mnfr.70318"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_18_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.clnesp.2023.08.019"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_19_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/109019817400200403"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_20_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/109019818401100101"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_21_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.18502\/ijph.v52i1.11664"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_22_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.33846\/hd10605"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_23_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.11144\/javeriana.umed65.cshe"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_24_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2021.627575"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_25_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/EDE.0b013e3181577511"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_26_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jclinepi.2007.11.008"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_27_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/2515816319863123"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_28_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12889-024-18435-8"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_29_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12889-018-6239-2"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_30_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jiph.2021.08.024"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_31_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/aphw.12230"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_32_2","first-page":"45","article-title":"The Health Belief Model","author":"Champion V. 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