Sport Dietary Supplements and Physical Activity in Biomedical Students

Dinko Martinovic, Daria Tokic, Marino Vilovic, Doris Rusic, Josipa Bukic and Josko Bozic
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Dinko Martinovic: Department of Pathophysiology, University of Split School of Medicine, 21000 Split, Croatia
Daria Tokic: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia
Marino Vilovic: Department of Pathophysiology, University of Split School of Medicine, 21000 Split, Croatia
Doris Rusic: Department of Pharmacy, University of Split School of Medicine, 21000 Split, Croatia
Josipa Bukic: Department of Pharmacy, University of Split School of Medicine, 21000 Split, Croatia
Josko Bozic: Department of Pathophysiology, University of Split School of Medicine, 21000 Split, Croatia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-14

Abstract: Biomedical students should have suitable knowledge about sport dietary supplements (SDS) usage as they are future medical professionals who will have SDS users in their care. The aim of this study was to assess the habits, opinions, and knowledge about SDS usage, along with the level of physical activity, in 386 biomedical students at the University of Split School of Medicine. A specialized questionnaire was developed by a group of experts for the assessment of habits, opinions, and knowledge about SDS and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire—Short Form (IPAQ-SF) was used to evaluate the level of physical activity. The results showed that 49.2% of students used SDS and there was a significant positive correlation between the knowledge questionnaire score and the level of physical activity (r = 0.744, p < 0.001). Moreover, SDS users had a higher knowledge questionnaire score ( p < 0.001) and a higher level of physical activity ( p < 0.001) compared to non-users. These results suggest that more physically active students are better informed about SDS, but these results also imply that SDS should be implemented in the study program of future medical professionals to ensure that they are informed for their own personal consumption and will be confident in giving advice about SDS usage to their future patients.

Keywords: sport dietary supplements; biomedical students; physical activity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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