Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Peoples' Friendship, University of Russia, RUDN University), Moscow, Russian Federation.
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2022 Apr 26;17(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s13011-022-00461-7.
Although Kazakhstan National Anti-Doping Organization (KazNADO) exists since 2013, but little is yet known about anti-doping (AD) knowledge of Kazakhstan athletes. The aim of this study was to assess the AD education knowledge level and experience among Kazakhstan athletes, as well as the impact of any past AD educational program on them.
Altogether, 590 athletes (the median was age 17 years (interquartile range 8)), representing various sports, participated in the web-based study and completed the questionnaire, which consisted of socio-demographic part and ALPHA test. We assessed the association of any past AD education and experience with anti-doping knowledge using adjusted regression models.
A total of 54.6% participants underwent doping control and 82,7% of athletes received AD education at least once. More than 300 participants (50.8%) provided correct answers for 10 questions. Age and years in sports (competition duration) were significantly associated with the ALPHA scores of athletes. Athletes who received AD education more than once in the past had significantly higher ALPHA scores than non-AD educated athletes in most questions.
AD education was associated with AD knowledge. Further research is needed to identify the adherence to anti-doping knowledge.
尽管哈萨克斯坦国家反兴奋剂组织（KazNADO）自 2013 年成立以来，但对哈萨克斯坦运动员的反兴奋剂（AD）知识知之甚少。本研究旨在评估哈萨克斯坦运动员的 AD 教育知识水平和经验，以及任何过去的 AD 教育计划对他们的影响。
共有 590 名运动员（中位数年龄为 17 岁（四分位间距 8 岁）），代表各种运动，参加了基于网络的研究并完成了问卷，问卷由社会人口统计学部分和 ALPHA 测试组成。我们使用调整后的回归模型评估了任何过去的 AD 教育和经验与反兴奋剂知识之间的关联。
共有 54.6%的参与者接受了兴奋剂控制，82.7%的运动员至少接受过一次 AD 教育。超过 300 名参与者（50.8%）对 10 个问题给出了正确答案。年龄和运动年限（比赛持续时间）与运动员的 ALPHA 得分显著相关。过去接受过多次 AD 教育的运动员在大多数问题上的 ALPHA 得分明显高于未接受 AD 教育的运动员。
AD 教育与 AD 知识相关。需要进一步研究以确定对反兴奋剂知识的遵守情况。
