Buckley W E, Yesalis C E, Friedl K E, Anderson W A, Streit A L, Wright J E
Department of Health and Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802.
JAMA. 1988 Dec 16;260(23):3441-5.
The use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AS) is perceived by the media, by segments of the sports medicine and athletic communities, and by the public to have grown to epidemic proportions. Unfortunately, the incidence and prevalence of AS use among elite, amateur, and recreational athletes is poorly documented. This study was designed to help identify AS use patterns among the male portion of the general adolescent population. The overall participation rate on a schoolwide basis was 68.7% and on an individual basis reached 50.3%. Participants in this investigation were 12th-grade male students (N = 3403) in 46 private and public high schools across the nation who completed a questionnaire that established current or previous use of AS as well as user and nonuser characteristics. Results indicate that 6.6% of 12th grade male students use or have used AS and that over two thirds of the user group initiated use when they were 16 years of age or younger. Approximately 21% of users reported that a health professional was their primary source. The evidence indicates that educational intervention strategies should begin as early as junior high school; the intervention should not be directed only toward those individuals who participate in school-based athletics.
媒体、运动医学和体育界的部分人士以及公众都认为，合成代谢雄激素类固醇（AS）的使用已呈泛滥之势。不幸的是，关于精英运动员、业余运动员和休闲运动员中使用AS的发病率和流行率的记录却很少。本研究旨在帮助确定普通青少年男性群体中AS的使用模式。全校范围内的总体参与率为68.7%，个人参与率达到50.3%。本调查的参与者是全国46所私立和公立高中的12年级男学生（N = 3403），他们完成了一份问卷，该问卷确定了当前或以前使用AS的情况以及使用者和非使用者的特征。结果表明，12年级男学生中有6.6%使用过或正在使用AS，并且超过三分之二的使用者在16岁或更小的时候就开始使用了。约21%的使用者表示，健康专业人员是他们使用AS的主要来源。有证据表明，教育干预策略应早在初中就开始；干预不应仅针对那些参加校内体育运动的个人。
