Whyte, I, Pattinson, E orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-1943, Leyland, S et al. (2 more authors) (2020) Performance and image enhancing drugs use in active military personnel and veterans: A contemporary review. Translational Sports Medicine. ISSN 2573-8488
Abstract
Objective: The use of performance and image enhancing drugs (PIEDS) among active military personnel and veterans presents a public health concern. Deeper understanding of PIEDS use in those populations is necessary to understand what underpins their use and provide information to help shape interventions with the aim of reducing impacts on individuals’ health, wellbeing, social circumstances, public perception and, in serving personnel, any wider military performance.
Design and data sources: A contemporary review was conducted using five academic journal databases, citation searching and hand searching.
Eligibility criteria for selecting studies: Studies were excluded if published prior to 2000 or did not specify PIEDS use.
Results: Following this search, 20 studies were identified for review. Findings suggest that anabolic steroids and weight‐loss supplements were the most used PIEDS. Image enhancement was mentioned the most as a reason for PIEDS use followed by keeping up with the physical and emotional demands of active duty. Additionally, findings suggested that young, male non‐commissioned Army personnel were most likely to use PIEDS.
Conclusion: There were clear gaps in the current literature surrounding PIEDS use, as well as an understanding of when service personnel began using PIEDS. Further research should aim to answer these questions.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Whyte, I., Pattinson, E., Leyland, S., Soos, I. and Ling, J. (2020), Performance and image enhancing drugs use in active military personnel and veterans: A contemporary review. Transl Sports Med. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi:10.1002/tsm2.186, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/tsm2.186. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | military services; performance and image enhancing drugs; PIEDS; veterans |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Healthcare (Leeds) > Nursing Mental Health (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 31 Jul 2020 12:32 |
Last Modified: | 24 Jul 2021 00:38 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1002/tsm2.186 |