Prévalence de la Dépendance à l’Exercice Physique Chez les Sportifs en Salle d’Antananarivo

PREVALENCE OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE DEPENDENCE AMONG THE CLIENT OF FITNESS ROOM IN ANTANANARIVO Introduction: We wanted to describe the prevalence of exercise dependence among the client of fitness room in Antananarivo. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried from 15 November 2019 to 24 December 2020 among fitness room users in Antananarivo. Means of measure was EDS-R French Version. Results: Were retained 384 participants, mean age was 24,84 years old with female predominance (59,90%). In the majority of the cases, participants are single (54,69%) and young adults between 20 to 30 years old (63,28%). We retained that 11,72% are unemployed. In this study the prevalence of exercise dependence was 15,63% with a male predominance. Conclusion: A significant prevalence of physical exercise dependance was found.