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D. Sekulić, Luka Bjelanović, Miran Pehar, Katarina Pelivan, N. Zenić
37 20. 6. 2014.

Substance Use and Misuse and Potential Doping Behaviour in Rugby Union Players

The aims of this investigation were to compile evidence on substance-use-and-misuse (SUM) and to identify factors related to potential-doping-behaviour (PDB) in rugby union. The subjects were 105 rugby athletes (all males; 23.4 ± 4.1 years; 99% respondents). The variables included socio-demographic factors, SUM-data, sport-factors, knowledge-on-doping (KD), and PDB. Data showed high alcohol consumption, with more than 30% of the athletes binge drinking at least once per week. Approximately 52% of the subjects used dietary-supplementation (DS) and 23% reported PDB, whereas 55% believed that doping is present in rugby. Forward conditional logistic regression revealed that less rugby experience (OR:1.286; 95%CI:1.058–1.563; p < 0.05), less smoking (OR:2.034; 95%CI:1.100–3.760; p < 0.05), higher DS usage (OR:5.543; 95%CI:1.666–18.444; p < 0.01), and a stronger belief that doping is present in rugby (OR:0.305; 95%CI:0.066–0.638; p < 0.01) were significant predictors of PDB. The high PDB and alcohol consumption warrant a serious intervention on these problems in rugby.


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