Table 4 Educational, sport nutrition and doping factors among athletes and coaches (F ä frequency; % - percentage; Number in parentheses presents ordinal values for each answer).

	Athletes		Coaches
	F	%	F	%
Education
Primary school (1)	11	13.41	-	-
High school (2)	49	59.76	1	3.57
Student (3)	20	24.39	8	28.57
College/University degree (4)	2	2.44	19	67.86
Primary source of information on sport nutrition and doping
I have no knowledge about it	11	13.41	2	7.14
Coach	17	20.73	1	3.57
Formal education	29	35.37	6	21.43
Self-education	25	30.49	19	67.86
Doping in synchro
I don’t think doping is used (1)	23	28.05	8	28.57
Don’t know, not sure (2)	42	51.22	10	35.71
Used rarely (3)	14	17.07	6	21.43
Used frequently (4)	3	3.66	4	14.29
Doping likelihood (Coaches: Opinion of doping usage)
I do not intend to use doping (1) (Coaches: I will not suggest doping usage)	51	62.20	20	71.4
Don’t know, not sure (2)	17	20.73	5	17.9
I’ll use it if it will help me with no health hazard (3) (Coaches: Iäll suggest it if convinced that it will help with no health hazard)	13	15.85	3	10.7
I’ll use it if it will help me (4) (Coaches: Iäll suggest doping usage if convinced that it will help my athletes to achieve the competitive goal)	1	1.22	-	-

Number in parentheses presents ordinal values for each answer