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dc.contributor.authorOverbye, Marieen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-02T23:39:00Z-
dc.date.available2018-03-02T23:39:00Z-
dc.date.issued2018-05en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/26787-
dc.description.abstractBackground The zero-tolerance approach to doping in sport has long been criticised. Legalising ‘doping’ under medical supervision has been proposed as a better way of protecting both athletes’ health and fair competition. This paper investigates how elite athletes might react if specific doping substances were permitted under medical supervision and explore athletes’ considerations about side-effects in this situation. The results are interpreted using a framework, which views elite sport as an exceptional and risky working environment.  Methods 775 elite athletes (mean age: 21.73, SD=5.52) representing forty sports completed a web-based questionnaire (response rate: 51%) presenting a scenario of legalised, medically supervised ‘doping’.  Results 58% of athletes reported an interest in one or more of the 13 proposed substances/methods. Athletes’ interest in a specific product was linked to its capacity to enhance performance levels in the athletes’ particular sport and depended on gender and age. 23% showed interest in either one or more of erythropoietin (EPO), anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), blood transfusions and/or Growth Hormone if permitted and provided under qualified medical supervision. Male speed and power sports athletes of increasing age had the highest likelihood of being interested in AAS (41%, age 36), female motor-skill sports athletes had the lowest (< 1%, age 16). 59% feared side-effects. This fear kept 39% of all athletes from being interested in specific substances/methods whereas 18% declared their interest despite fearing the side-effects. Conclusion Interpreting results with the understanding of sport as an exceptional and risky working environment suggests that legalising certain 'doping' substances under medical supervision would create other/new types of harms, and this 'trade-off of harms and benefits' would be undesirable considering the occupational health, working conditions and well-being of most athletes. Assessing the risks and harms produced/reduced by specific drugs when considering sport as a precarious occupation may prove useful in composing the Prohibited List and reducing drug-related harm in sport.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.relationOverbye M (2018) An (un)desirable trade of harms? How elite athletes might react to medically supervised 'doping' and their considerations of side-effects in this situation. International Journal of Drug Policy, 55, pp. 14-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.12.019en_UK
dc.rights[Overbye-IJDP-2018.pdf] This item has been embargoed for a period. During the embargo please use the Request a Copy feature at the foot of the Repository record to request a copy directly from the author. You can only request a copy if you wish to use this work for your own research or private study. Accepted refereed manuscript of: Overbye M (2018) An (un)desirable trade of harms? How elite athletes might react to medically supervised 'doping' and their considerations of side-effects in this situation, International Journal of Drug Policy, 55, pp. 14-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.12.019 ©2018, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_UK
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dc.subjectAnti-doping policyen_UK
dc.subjectdrug control modelen_UK
dc.subjectthe prohibited listen_UK
dc.subjectharm reductionen_UK
dc.subjecthealthen_UK
dc.subjectsporten_UK
dc.titleAn (un)desirable trade of harms? How elite athletes might react to medically supervised 'doping' and their considerations of side-effects in this situationen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargoreason[IJDP Overbye 2018.pdf] The publisher does not allow this work to be made publicly available in this Repository therefore there is an embargo on the full text of the work.en_UK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.12.019en_UK
dc.identifier.pmid29477956en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleInternational Journal of Drug Policyen_UK
dc.citation.issn0955-3959en_UK
dc.citation.volume55en_UK
dc.citation.spage14en_UK
dc.citation.epage30en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.type.statusAM - Accepted Manuscripten_UK
dc.author.emailmarie.overbye@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date22/02/2018en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationSporten_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000436207400003en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-85042382465en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid880923en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0003-4066-6360en_UK
dc.date.accepted2017-12-22en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2017-12-22en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2018-02-22en_UK
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
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local.rioxx.authorOverbye, Marie|0000-0003-4066-6360en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2019-02-23en_UK
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