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. 2024 Mar 12;6:1330755. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2024.1330755

Table 2.

Facets of concern with regards to different enhancers.

Food & food supplements Brain stimulation Drugs (accepted) Drugs (not accepted) Pharma-ceuticals Question means
Ethics 23.00
(27.54)
53.92
(33.00)
38.64
(34.45)
67.21
(35.45)
56.22
(33.62)
47.80
(22.72)
Regulation 29.02
(31.75)
65.72
(32.10)
48.53
(36.24)
67.16
(36.19)
63.55
(33.23)
54.80
(23.47)
Cheating 31.04
(31.334)
59.76
(30.73)
33.76
(32.21)
44.15
(36.19)
57.85
(31.63)
45.31
(22.10)
Disqualified 22.48
(28.12)
56.62
(31.44)
36.77
(34.21)
59.29
(36.99)
51.64
(33.28)
45.36
(22.64)
Grand average 26.28
(26.08)
59.00
(26.52)
39.42
(29.41)
59.45
(29.30)
57.31
(28.39)

Participants could rate each enhancer on each facet of concern from 0 (not concerned) to 100 (definitely concerned). Standard deviations in brackets. Note that the four components together make up the Grand Average, which is indicative of the overall scale value with regard to a specific enhancer.