Videogame for the Prevention of Doping and Supplement Abuse in Teenage Athletes

NCT04203992 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 476-0418
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 284
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research is to test the effectiveness of an interactive doping education videogame among student athletes. Specifically, the game will teach athletes aged 13-16 years about the risks of doping and will foster the values, motivation, and behavioural skills needed to avoid temptation and pressure to dope. The investigators hypothesize that student athletes who play the intervention game will have lower use of banned substances and sport supplements, greater intentions to stay clean, and will also show improvements in the cognitive and motivational antecedents to doping when compared to a control condition.

Conditions

Doping in Sport; Performance Enhancing Product Use

Keywords

Student athletes; Supplements; Videogame

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Use of banned substances

  Self-reported use of banned substances for performance enhancement or recovery in sport. This outcome will be measured using a self-reported questionnaire. Scale: Performance-Enhancing Substances and Methods Use Minimum value: 1 - extremely unlikely (better outcome) Maximum value: 7 - extremely likely (worse outcome)

  12 months

• Use of sport supplements

  Self-reported use of supplements for performance enhancement or recovery in sport. This outcome will be measured using a self-reported questionnaire. Scale: Performance-Enhancing Substances and Methods Use Minimum value: 1 - extremely unlikely (better outcome) Maximum value: 7 - extremely likely (worse outcome)

  12 months

• Intentions to use banned substances and sport supplements

  Self-reported intentions of using banned substances or supplements for performance enhancement or recovery in sport. This outcome will be measured using a self-reported questionnaire. Scale: Performance-Enhancing Substances and Methods Use Minimum value: 1 - extremely unlikely (better outcome) Maximum value: 7 - extremely likely (worse outcome)

  12 months

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Knowledge

  12 months

• Doping Self-Regulatory Efficacy

  12 months

• Motivation

  12 months

• Attitudes

  12 months

• Anti-doping protective behaviours

  12 months

Study Arms (2)

Videogame

EXPERIMENTAL

Educational videogame, five 60-minute sessions over one month

Behavioral: Videogame

Booklet

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Educational booklet, one session

Behavioral: Control

Interventions

Videogame BEHAVIORAL

True Champion is an educational, values-based game that aims to empower young athletes to make informed decisions to avoid doping. Participants engaging in the videogame sessions will encounter a series of thought-provoking situations and knowledge tests. Players will help their assigned character navigate through these curriculum-rich scenarios in order to reach their performance goals in a healthy and ethical way.

Videogame

Control BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be given an anti-doping booklet prepared by UNESCO. This booklet is considered standard educational material, i.e. what might be presented to young athletes as part of their regular sports curriculum.

Booklet

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 16 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Subject competes in a competitive sport at the high school level or higher
• Able to read and understand English

You may not qualify if:

• None

Sponsors & Collaborators

• McGill University: lead
• International Olympic Committee: collaborator
• World Anti-Doping Agency: collaborator
• Phantom Compass: collaborator
• Digitalmill, Inc.: collaborator

Related Publications (4)

• Goulet C, Valois P, Buist A, Cote M. Predictors of the use of performance-enhancing substances by young athletes. Clin J Sport Med. 2010 Jul;20(4):243-8. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181e0b935.

  PMID: 20606508 BACKGROUND

• Boardley I, Smith AL, Mills JP, Grix J, Wynne C., & Wilkins L. Development of Moral Disengagement and Self-Regulatory Efficacy Assessments Relevant to Doping in Sport and Exercise. SportRxiv, 12 Oct. 2017. Web.

  BACKGROUND

• Chan DK, Dimmock JA, Donovan RJ, Hardcastle S, Lentillon-Kaestner V, Hagger MS. Self-determined motivation in sport predicts anti-doping motivation and intention: a perspective from the trans-contextual model. J Sci Med Sport. 2015 May;18(3):315-22. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2014.04.001. Epub 2014 Apr 13.

  PMID: 24793786 BACKGROUND

• Nicholls AR, Levy AR, Meir R, Sanctuary C, Jones L, Baghurst T, Thompson MA, Perry JL. The development and validation of the Adolescent Sport Drug Inventory (ASDI) among athletes from four continents. Psychol Assess. 2019 Nov;31(11):1279-1293. doi: 10.1037/pas0000750. Epub 2019 Jul 18.

  PMID: 31318254 BACKGROUND

Related Links

• True Champion Website

Study Officials

• Lindsay R Duncan, PhD

  McGill University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Lindsay R Duncan, PhD

CONTACT

514-398-4184; lindsay.duncan@mcgill.ca

Evelyne Bedard, MSc

CONTACT

514-398-4814; evelyne.bedard@mcgill.ca

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor, William Dawson Scholar

Model Details: We aim to enroll 284 male and female student-athletes between the ages of 13 and 16. Participants will be assigned to either an intervention group (n = 142) or a comparison group (n = 142).

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 11, 2019
• First Posted: December 18, 2019
• Study Start: November 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2021
• Study Completion: June 1, 2022
• Last Updated: September 16, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share