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%