EXPLORE THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PERCEPTION OF DOPING AMONG PHYSICAL THERAPY STUDENTS OF VARIOUS INSTITUTES IN FAISALABAD

Background: The use of prohibited performance -enhancing materials by athletes as a mean of cheating is known as doping in competitive sports. The term “doping” is commonly employed by regulatory bodies that oversee athletic events. Olympic Committee and the majority of international sports organizations forbid the use of pharmaceuticals to improve performance because they view it as unethical. Objectives: To evaluate knowledge attitude and abuse concerning doping in among physiotherapy students. To screen and provide awareness in students about doping. Methods: The study design was Cross sectional study. Sample size was 110 Students from different universities of Faisalabad (study setting). Students with 19-25 years and final year students were included. Students with any psychological issue and non DPT students were excluded. Sampling technique was used Purposive sampling technique. Questionnaire (Likert Scale) with 5 parts was used as outcome measure tool. SPSS was used for analysis. Results: The participation of gender in study was as follows: females that were 59.09% and of males were 40.19%. Out of 110 students 104 students never took a prohibited performance drug. Out of 110 students 45 were influenced by media, 22 by friends, 9 by coach, 12 by sport mate whereas 22 by other. According to the results the majority of students had knowledge about doping substances. Conclusion: It concludes that majority of students demonstrated a strong understanding of doping and its associated risks, some exhibited misconceptions or lack of awareness. The majority of respondents expressed a favorable opinion of not using doping agents, and the majority had never used medications for doping.