[Doping practices and behaviours among Ivorian soccer players].
We have conducted a survey of doping among soccer players in Côte d'Ivoire with a representative sample of 150 soccer players who filled out an anonymous questionnaire. The aim of this survey was to get a clearer picture of doping in Ivorian soccer in order to suggest preventive actions against doping. The results of this study showed that doping was known by the Ivorian soccer players; about 18.7% admitted to the use of doping substances, 42% recognised that they felt tempted by doping, while 38% knew another soccer player who had already used a doping substance. Government and sports organisations should recognize the importance of education and information in the antidoping campaign and agree on effective preventive as well as repressive strategies.
Dah
Cyrille
C
Laboratoire de physiologie et service des explorations fonctionnelles, UFR des sciences médicales, BP V 166, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Bogui
Pascal
P
Yavo
Jean-Claude
JC
Gourouza
Issa
I
Ouattara
Soualiho
S
Keita
Mustapha
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D003625:Data Collection; D004300:Doping in Sports; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012916:Soccer