Shibata Keita, Ichikawa Koichi, Kurata Naomi
Division of Community Healthcare and Pharmacy, Department of Healthcare and Regulatory Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Showa University, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8555, Japan.
Division of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
BMC Res Notes. 2017 Aug 11;10(1):396. doi: 10.1186/s13104-017-2713-7.
Anti-doping activities are carried out on a global scale. Based on these activities, the specialty of "sports pharmacist," which entails a deeper comprehension of doping, use of supplements, and appropriate drug use for athletes, was established in 2009 in Japan. It is difficult to say whether the education on doping is adequate for pharmacy students who will be eligible to become sports pharmacists. It is also unclear how well these students understand doping. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate pharmacy students' current knowledge of appropriate drug use, doping and use of supplements, and to explore the need for further education on these topics.
A questionnaire survey was conducted from July 3rd to August 2nd in 2014 at Showa University in Japan. A total of 406 respondents (2nd- to 6th-year students) were assessed as eligible. Group comparison was used to compare those who had attended a lecture about doping and those who had not.
Most of the students only knew the word doping and had not attended a lecture on the subject, but 72% of them expressed a desire to attend one. Over half did not know that the most common doping violation in Japan is unintentional doping, and were unfamiliar with certain past cases of doping. In addition, 41% did not know that over-the-counter medicines and dietary supplements might contain prohibited substances, and 87% were unaware that names of prohibited substances might not appear on the ingredient labels of dietary supplements. In contrast, attending a lecture on doping was effective in facilitating the acquisition of all these types of knowledge.
It is important to provide more opportunities for appropriate education of pharmacy students on the topic of doping, given that interest exists and attending a lecture on the topic appears to be useful. More education about doping for pharmacy students would be as effective for anti-doping activities as is education of athletes.
反兴奋剂活动在全球范围内开展。基于这些活动，“运动药剂师”这一专业于2009年在日本设立，该专业要求对兴奋剂、补充剂的使用以及运动员合理用药有更深入的理解。对于未来有望成为运动药剂师的药学专业学生而言，很难说兴奋剂教育是否足够充分。同样不清楚这些学生对兴奋剂的了解程度如何。因此，本研究的目的是调查药学专业学生目前在合理用药、兴奋剂及补充剂使用方面的知识，并探索对这些主题进行进一步教育的必要性。
2014年7月3日至8月2日在日本昭和大学进行了问卷调查。共有406名受访者（大二至大六学生）被评估为符合条件。采用组间比较的方法，对比参加过兴奋剂讲座的学生和未参加过的学生。
大多数学生仅知道“兴奋剂”这个词，且未参加过关于该主题的讲座，但其中72%的学生表示希望参加。超过半数的学生不知道日本最常见的兴奋剂违规行为是无意使用兴奋剂，并且对某些过去的兴奋剂案例并不熟悉。此外，41%的学生不知道非处方药和膳食补充剂可能含有违禁物质，87%的学生不知道膳食补充剂的成分标签上可能不会出现违禁物质的名称。相比之下，参加兴奋剂讲座有助于获取所有这些类型的知识。
鉴于学生对此存在兴趣且参加相关讲座似乎有用，为药学专业学生提供更多关于兴奋剂主题的适当教育机会很重要。对药学专业学生进行更多关于兴奋剂的教育，对于反兴奋剂活动而言，其效果将与对运动员的教育相当。
