Self-Administration of Medicines and Dietary Supplements Among Female Amateur Runners: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
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- 作者：Médéa Locquet ; Charlotte Beaudart ; Robert Larbuisson…
- 关键词：Amateurs sports ; Dietary supplements ; Female runners ; Self ; administration of products ; Self ; medication ; Vitamin and mineral supplements
- 刊名：Advances in Therapy
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：33
- 期：12
- 页码：2257-2268
- 全文大小：491KB
- 刊物主题：Internal Medicine; Oncology; Cardiology; Rheumatology; Endocrinology; Pharmacology/Toxicology;
- 出版者：Springer Healthcare
- ISSN：1865-8652
- 卷排序：33
文摘
IntroductionSelf-administration of medicines or dietary supplements without any physician’s advice is a widespread behavior and appears to be more frequently practiced by women. Moreover, reasons to self-administer products are often pains and injuries especially among athletes who might also use remedies to improve physical performance. The objective of this study was thus to assess the prevalence of self-administration of medicines and dietary supplements as well as its determinants among female amateur runners.