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Guessogo, Wiliam Richard, Hamadou, André, Bissou-Mahop, Josué, Mban-Bian, William, Djomo-Ngnoko, Evariste Edmondo, Magne-Talla, Ruth Gaël, Temfemo, Abdou |
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European Journal of Physical Education & Sport; Dec2021, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p13-24, 12p |
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The need to maintain or improve physical performance often prompts athletes to resort to doping. The objective of this work is to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices in doping of Cameroonian university-level athletes. One hundred and thirty-eight university-level athletes (100 male and 38 female) answered a self-administered questionnaire, providing information on their knowledge, attitudes and practices towards doping. The results show that 96.4 % of athletes have knowledge about doping, 88.4 % know about doping substances, 96.3 % have a positive attitude towards doping and 90.6 % have never used doping products. In addition, it had already been proposed to use doping products at only 33.3 % and these proposals came from teammates (27.1%), friends (24.6 %) and the coach (12.9 %). Regression analysis reveals that the risk of doping is 27 times (OR = 27.10; p = .00027) higher among respondents over the age of 30. This risk is 5 times (OR = 5.10; p = .0486) higher in athletes who have had proposals for doping substances, and 25 times (OR = 25.15; p = .0170) higher among respondents who indicated their intention to dope. Cameroonian university-level athletes have high knowledge about doping, however, a positive attitude towards doping and the practice of doping remains low. There is a need to improve doping education in order to increase knowledge on doping issue, and to establish appropriate doping control structures and policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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