Table 6 Comparison with other authors of prevalence estimates
Authors | Lifetime | 12-Month | 1-Month | 1-Week | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nyland and Grimmer | Students | ||||
• First year | 57.5% | 51.3% | 31.3% | 15.0% | |
• Second year | 72.4% | 65.8% | 50% | 35.5% | |
• Third year | 67.6% | 61.8% | 41.2% | 32.4% | |
• Fourth year | 81.7% | 76.% | 56.7% | 31.7% | |
• Overall | 69.2% | 63.2% | 44.4% | 27.6% | |
West and Gardner [20] | Graduate physiotherapists | 35.0% | 22.0% | ||
Cromie et al [21] | Graduate physiotherapists | 62.5% | |||
Scholey and Hair[18] | Graduate physiotherapists | 54.0% | 46.0% | 13.0% | |
Scholey and Hair [19] | Graduate physiotherapists | 57.0% | 38.0% | 14.0% | |
Mierzejewski and Kumar [17] | Graduate physiotherapists | 49.2% | 37.0% |