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How aware are we about doping in sports? : A cross-sectional pilot survey of doctors
K Prabhakaran1, Chandra Sekara Guru2, Prafull Mohan3
1Officer-In-Charge (Medical Stores), Command Hospital (Northern Command), C/o 56 APO, India.
Background:
Doctors lack the required anti-doping knowledge. The aim of this single-centre pilot study is to survey the awareness level of doctors about anti-doping regulations and their opinion with reasons on inclusion of sports pharmacology/anti-doping aspects in undergraduate medical curriculum.
Methods:
After ethical clearance, a cross-sectional online pilot survey was done among medical doctors on anti-doping aspects, general awareness, practical applications and opinion on inclusion of doping in sports as a competency under undergraduate medical curriculum. Responses were categorized and analysed. The significance was set at 0.05.
Results:
80 doctors including 53 medicine and allied residents, 16 surgery and allied residents and 11 medical doctors took part in the study. 94% doctors understood about doping, 53% were aware about anti-doping organisation, 37% on regulations and 64% were right on prohibited list substances. 80% drugs of abuse mentioned clustered under only four categories (S1, S2, S5 and S6) of the World anti-doping agency (WADA) prohibited list. Practical sports specific anti-doping knowledge in weight cutting (97%), retroactive therapeutic use exemption of medical emergency management (0%), anti-asthmatic medication use (59%) and alcohol use (41%) were significant. Internet (67%) and newspaper (20%) were the main source of information. 73% doctors recommended inclusion of doping in sports in MBBS competency-based medical education (CBME) curriculum.
Conclusion:
Anti-doping specific awareness and knowledge was found lacking among doctors. 73% doctors favour inclusion of doping in sport as a competency in the undergraduate medical curriculum to aid in better clinical practice and athlete counselling.
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