Knowledge and Use of Performance Enhancing Drugs Among Nigeria Elite Athletes

Afolayan, Joseph

doi:10.9790/5736-0153138

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“…This showed that the national athletes are using alcohol, drug, excessive drinking of coffee, smoking and showing aggressive behavior to cope with their stress. This result supported by the research done by [20] and [21], that elite athletes uses more drugs compared with lower skilled athletes. Research indicates that the usage of alcohol and smoking is higher in athletes compared to non-athletes [22,13,23].…”

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Symptoms of Stress among Student-Athletes of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malaysia

Parnabas

2014

BJESBS

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Background of the Study:Recent evidence suggests that student-athletes may experience greater levels of stress or anxiety due to the dual demands of athletics and academics expectation placed on them. A lot of pressure is placed on collegiate athletes to achieve excellence in academics and sports. The symptoms of stress are known as physiological, behavioral, cognitive and emotional. Aims: The main purpose of this study was to examine the symptoms of stress among student-athletes who compete at differing levels in Malaysia. Study Design: Comparative descriptive study design was used to compare the symptoms of stress among athletes. Place and Duration of Study: Sample: The participants of this study were recruited from student-athletes of Sport Science and Recreation Faculty, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. Methodology: The sample consisted of 152 athletes, with national (N=41), state (N=33), district (N=37) and university (N= 41) level athletes. Based on this sample, there are 80 male and 72 female student-athletes. The student-athletes voluntarily participated in the study and they were randomly selected during a sport event. The instrument used for the

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Symptoms of Stress among Student-Athletes of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malaysia

Parnabas

2014

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“…Performance-enhancing drugs considered as a wide variety of drugs intended for the aim of promoting the activity, increasing the endurance and alertness, strengthening the muscular power of the users and to perform beyond ability. Many users tend to use them in the hope of correcting their body dissatisfaction and social recognition [3 ].…”

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Related to Health Impact of Performance-Enhancing Drugs among the Male Students in Qassim University

Aldekhail

Alkredes

Alkabas

et al. 2018

Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Background: Performance-Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) are used by young adults to enhance physical performance and appearance. There are many medical problems associated with Performance-Enhancing Drugs. Aim of the work: this study aimed to estimate knowledge, attitudes and practices about the hazards of PEDs among young adults (18-28 years old) in Qassim University. Method: this was a descriptive cross-sectional analytical study carried out among male students at Qassim University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during 2014-2015. A self-administered questionnaire was completed from 134 male students in three colleges, one medical and two non-medicals. Results: prevalence of use in the medical students were 66.7 who were previously used AS and the half (33.3%) in non-medical students, but the current use among medical student was 16.7%, less than non-medical (83.3%). Regarding the source of using PEDs , the highest percentage in the medical students from friends, and the doctors in non-medical students. The prevalence of knowledge of medical students who know about side effect of using PEDs was 62,1 % more than non-medical (37,9 %). The majority of medical student recognized liver disease (61,9%), infertility (60%), gynecomastia (65%), shrinking testicle (62.5%) and hormonal disturbance (37.1%) compared to non-medical who knew about liver disease (38.1%), infertility (40%), gynecomastia (35%), shrinking testicle (37,5%) and hormonal disturbance(26,9%). Medical students showed positive attitude towards the use of PEDs (31.8%) which showed less than non-medical students (68.2%). As (61.1%) of non-medical believed the PEDs were responsible for improvement their performance conversely, 38.9% of medical students believed in that improvement. Conclusion, the non-medical students knew about the benefits of using PEDs for performance enhancement (47%) more than medical students (24%), thus non-medical students believed of enhancing their performance by PEDs more than the medical students. The medical and nonmedical students who used PEDs had exposed to their side effects therefore, we should pay more attention to educate those about them more.

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“…With the number of causes, it has been acknowledged that the athletes use a variety of drugs engaging in sports [13]. Numerous performance improving ingredients and processes provide a chance in sport improvement to athletes for several years [14]. Student-athletes mostly reproduce the drug usage practices from their nonathletic peers that may be interested to consume the ergogenic ingredients to develop their sport performance [13].…”

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“…As the outcome of the features and biological influences of drugs, they inoculate extensive support to athletes in their performance [14]. In modern years, there have been lots of mature athletes involved in taking shameful performance improving ingredients [16].…”

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Trends of Drug Practices in Pakistani National Athletes for Amplification of Game / Sport Performance

Javed

Baloch²,

Naseer³

et al. 2022

JPRI

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Aims: The primary aim of the present research was to provide awareness about the latest trends of drug practices of national athletes of Pakistan for the improvement of their sport performance. Methodology: The samples were national athletes belonging to various sports departments of national level. The athletes were selected using snowball and convenient sampling approaches. The questionnaire employed for the data collection was self-administered. With the optimistic consent of the athletes, 80 questionnaires were dispatched at their home addresses. Therefore, 62 athletes (77.5%) returned the filled questionnaires. The requisite information of all filled questionnaires was coded in SPSS-26 software to get the desired results. Moreover, descriptive statistics through frequencies and percentages was executed to draw the findings and further discussions of the present study. Results: The mean age of the national athletes was noted 34.17 years with 2.8 std. deviation and the age range was found between 30 to 38 years. The descriptive statistics of drug practices by national athletes calculated through occasionally, sometimes and frequently. Majority of the national athletes followed and practiced the trends of drugs while participating in their national games and championships to enhance their sport performance to approach the winning position and get the medals. Conclusion: It was concluded that athletes may not aware the side effects and hazards of these drug practices using anabolic steroids, charas, marijuana, aspirin, cocaine, and heroin. National associations and federations should conduct seminars and awareness workshops for the athletes prior to their participation in sport competitions so that national athletes may save themselves from the side effects and afterwards physical damages.

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Knowledge and Use of Performance Enhancing Drugs Among Nigeria Elite Athletes

Cited by 7 publications

References 13 publications

Symptoms of Stress among Student-Athletes of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malaysia

Symptoms of Stress among Student-Athletes of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malaysia

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Related to Health Impact of Performance-Enhancing Drugs among the Male Students in Qassim University

Trends of Drug Practices in Pakistani National Athletes for Amplification of Game / Sport Performance

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