Differences in anti-doping knowledge among Serbian professional athletes
ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to examine the impact of anti-doping education among professional athletes on anti-doping knowledge.MethodsA prospective cohort study was conducted on differences in knowledge toward doping among 404 professional athletes in relation to their education about dopin...
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| author | Zoran Vesic Jelena Stojicevic Nemanja Rancic Gorica Milovanovic Jelena S. Rasic Nenad Radivojevic Nenad Radivojevic Goran Prebeg Dragan Atanasov Milos Todorovic Sonja Marjanovic Milica Vukasinovic Vesic Milica Vukasinovic Vesic |
| author_facet | Zoran Vesic Jelena Stojicevic Nemanja Rancic Gorica Milovanovic Jelena S. Rasic Nenad Radivojevic Nenad Radivojevic Goran Prebeg Dragan Atanasov Milos Todorovic Sonja Marjanovic Milica Vukasinovic Vesic Milica Vukasinovic Vesic |
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| description | ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to examine the impact of anti-doping education among professional athletes on anti-doping knowledge.MethodsA prospective cohort study was conducted on differences in knowledge toward doping among 404 professional athletes in relation to their education about doping.ResultsParticipants who underwent education answered correctly significantly more often on most of the questions compared to participants without education [difference of about 20–30% in the rate of correct answers is in favor of participants with education on every question; 8.49 (SD 2.75) vs. 11.04 (SD 1.89); p < 0.001]. The majority of participants in the group with prior education against doping answered 10 or more questions correctly out of a total of 13, while the group without prior education against doping most commonly had 7 to 11 correct answers (p < 0.001). The most significant predictors of correct answers are gender, number of years of training, type of sport (individual or team sport), and prior education about doping. The largest contribution to this model comes from the variable “prior education against doping,” followed by the type of sport.ConclusionOur research shows that prior anti-doping education is effective and has the essential contribution on athletes’ knowledge about doping. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-92ca01aca67e4ea5a6b9d27a022668a92025-08-20T02:56:29ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652025-08-011310.3389/fpubh.2025.16258591625859Differences in anti-doping knowledge among Serbian professional athletesZoran Vesic0Jelena Stojicevic1Nemanja Rancic2Gorica Milovanovic3Jelena S. Rasic4Nenad Radivojevic5Nenad Radivojevic6Goran Prebeg7Dragan Atanasov8Milos Todorovic9Sonja Marjanovic10Milica Vukasinovic Vesic11Milica Vukasinovic Vesic12Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, SerbiaMilitary Medical Academy, Belgrade, SerbiaMilitary Medical Academy, Belgrade, SerbiaAntidoping Agency of Serbia, Belgrade, SerbiaAntidoping Agency of Serbia, Belgrade, SerbiaAntidoping Agency of Serbia, Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Physical Education and Sport Management, Singidunum University, Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Medicine of the Military Medical Academy, University of Defence, Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Medicine of the Military Medical Academy, University of Defence, Belgrade, SerbiaAntidoping Agency of Serbia, Belgrade, SerbiaFaculty of Sport, University “Union - Nikola Tesla”, Belgrade, SerbiaObjectivesThe aim of this study was to examine the impact of anti-doping education among professional athletes on anti-doping knowledge.MethodsA prospective cohort study was conducted on differences in knowledge toward doping among 404 professional athletes in relation to their education about doping.ResultsParticipants who underwent education answered correctly significantly more often on most of the questions compared to participants without education [difference of about 20–30% in the rate of correct answers is in favor of participants with education on every question; 8.49 (SD 2.75) vs. 11.04 (SD 1.89); p < 0.001]. The majority of participants in the group with prior education against doping answered 10 or more questions correctly out of a total of 13, while the group without prior education against doping most commonly had 7 to 11 correct answers (p < 0.001). The most significant predictors of correct answers are gender, number of years of training, type of sport (individual or team sport), and prior education about doping. The largest contribution to this model comes from the variable “prior education against doping,” followed by the type of sport.ConclusionOur research shows that prior anti-doping education is effective and has the essential contribution on athletes’ knowledge about doping.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1625859/fullanti-doping educationknowledgeathletessportpublic health |
| spellingShingle | Zoran Vesic Jelena Stojicevic Nemanja Rancic Gorica Milovanovic Jelena S. Rasic Nenad Radivojevic Nenad Radivojevic Goran Prebeg Dragan Atanasov Milos Todorovic Sonja Marjanovic Milica Vukasinovic Vesic Milica Vukasinovic Vesic Differences in anti-doping knowledge among Serbian professional athletes Frontiers in Public Health anti-doping education knowledge athletes sport public health |
| title | Differences in anti-doping knowledge among Serbian professional athletes |
| title_full | Differences in anti-doping knowledge among Serbian professional athletes |
| title_fullStr | Differences in anti-doping knowledge among Serbian professional athletes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Differences in anti-doping knowledge among Serbian professional athletes |
| title_short | Differences in anti-doping knowledge among Serbian professional athletes |
| title_sort | differences in anti doping knowledge among serbian professional athletes |
| topic | anti-doping education knowledge athletes sport public health |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1625859/full |
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