69 DOPING AND SUPPLEMENT: THE ATTITUDE OF IRANIAN NATIONAL TEAM COACHES

Background Supplement use is common in sport. Burns (2004), reported that 88.0 % of the questions athletes used at least one supplements and 58 % admitted using more than one type.1 Besides their cost, use of supplements may have side effects on general health and sports performance. Nobody cannot ignore role of coach in athletes sport achievement. Fung and Juan (2006) found there was a large discrepancy between coaches ’ perceived knowledge and actual knowledge.2 Methods This studies utilized a cross-sectional survey design and cluster sampling. 95 validated questionnaires were distrib-uted among national team coaches in 30 different fields of sports. A questionnaire designed to explore coaches ’ attitude to supplement consumption by athletes, beliefs and knowledge regarding dietary supplements. Mean age of participants was 36 years