de Abreu Micaela, Nolte Kim, Janse van Rensburg Dina Christa, Swart Xan
Department of Physiology (Division of Biokinetics and Sport Science), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Section Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Front Sports Act Living. 2024 Sep 3;6:1436080. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2024.1436080. eCollection 2024.
Limited research exists on the health and injuries of South African senior netball players. Senior netball players may be at greater risk of injuries and chronic disease due to their age. To treat these conditions, they may use prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications and, therefore, may be more vulnerable to unintentional doping. The primary aim of this study was to determine the health status, medication use and attitudes towards doping of South African senior netball players. A cross-sectional descriptive design was employed to collect data by means of an online survey. The validated 8-item Performance Enhancement Attitudes Scale (PEAS) was used to gather information on the netball player's attitudes towards doping. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the data using proportions (categorical), means (normally distributed, continuous) and medians (non-normal distributed, continuous). Doping prevalence and accompanying 95% confidence interval were calculated. Sixty senior netball players consented and completed the self-report questionnaire. The prevalence of chronic disease was 11.67%. Asthma and other conditions such as depression and attention-deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD) had the highest prevalence of 3.33%. The prevalence of chronic prescription medication use was 8.33% and 66.67% of the netball players reported receiving prescription injections, medications or utilizing OTC medications for treating injury or illness suffered 1-6 weeks before or during competition. The netball players do not have a lenient attitude towards doping. The prescription and OTC medication use could put this cohort of netball players at risk of unintentional doping. Anti-doping education aimed at senior athletes may be beneficial to reduce the risk of unintentional doping due to prescription and OTC medication use for injury or illness.
关于南非成年无挡板篮球运动员的健康与伤病情况，现有研究有限。成年无挡板篮球运动员由于年龄因素，可能面临更高的受伤风险和患慢性病风险。为治疗这些病症，他们可能会使用处方药和非处方药，因此可能更容易无意之中涉及兴奋剂问题。本研究的主要目的是确定南非成年无挡板篮球运动员的健康状况、药物使用情况以及对兴奋剂的态度。采用横断面描述性设计，通过在线调查收集数据。使用经过验证的8项增强运动表现态度量表（PEAS）来收集无挡板篮球运动员对兴奋剂态度的信息。描述性统计用于用比例（分类数据）、均值（正态分布的连续数据）和中位数（非正态分布的连续数据）来描述数据。计算了兴奋剂使用流行率及相应的95%置信区间。60名成年无挡板篮球运动员同意并完成了自我报告问卷。慢性病患病率为11.67%。哮喘以及抑郁症和注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）等其他病症的患病率最高，为3.33%。长期使用处方药的患病率为8.33%，66.67%的无挡板篮球运动员报告在比赛前1至6周或比赛期间接受过注射用药、服用过处方药或使用非处方药来治疗伤病。无挡板篮球运动员对兴奋剂持严格态度。使用处方药和非处方药可能使这群无挡板篮球运动员面临无意之中使用兴奋剂的风险。针对成年运动员的反兴奋剂教育可能有助于降低因使用处方药和非处方药治疗伤病而无意之中使用兴奋剂的风险。
