Prevalence, Information & Attitude towards Using Supplements among University Athletes
Sajjad Ali Gill *
Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan.
Umer Zahid
Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan.
Uzair Abdullah
Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan.
Mohammad Shaheen
Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan.
Abida Naseer
Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan and Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Zafar Iqbal Butt
Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan and Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Rehan Zafar
Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan and Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Rana Adil
Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan.
Hira Shahid
Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan.
Muhammad Arslan
Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze the prevalence of dietary supplements usage amongst university’s players, in addition to their know-how and players towards sports supplementation. Current study check out the extent of knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices regarding using dietary supplements of 100 athletes was administered, which included 88 Males and 12 Females, 20 to 27 years of age from the population of university athletes. The comparison was analyzed by chi-square test to observe the importance of distinction amongst respondents’ notion about the statements of questionnaires. The results calculated through Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS-25). The outcomes displayed that maximum of the athletes proven the satisfactory knowledge of dietary supplements and the motives for the usage of them; however the outcome of the study suggested that need of inclusive knowledge of players about supplements and under vigilant management showed improvement of University athletes.
Keywords: Supplements, prevalence and chi-square