Table 2.

Prevalence of LBP over the past 12 months in Irish chartered physiotherapists, physical therapists and athletic therapists and the SLÁN 2007 working population sample

	Chartered physiotherapists		Physical therapists and athletic therapists		All therapists		SLÁN 2007
	n (%)	95% CI	n (%)	95% CI	n (%)	95% CI	n (%)	95% CI
Total	206a(51)	44–57	141b(46)	38–55	347c(49)	44–54	5862d(16)	15–17
Employment status
Employed	90 (49)	39–59	26 (46)	27–65	116 (48)	39–57	4617 (16)	15–17
Self-employed	94 (49)	39–59	81 (48)	37–59	175 (49)	41–56	1199 (18)	16–20
Both	22 (64)	44–84	31 (42)	25–60	53 (51)	38–64	–	–
Gender
Male	48 (40)	26–53	65 (43)	31–55	113 (42)	33–51	2860 (16)	14–17
Female	158 (54)	43–62	73 (49)	38–61	231 (52)	46–59	2956 (17)	15–18
Age group (years)
≤29	30 (53)	35–71	19 (63)	42–85	49 (57)	43–70	1234 (11)	9–13
30–34	47 (38)	24–52	20 (45)	23–61	67 (40)	29–52	859 (14)	12–17
35–39	45 (44)	30–59	31 (36)	19–52	76 (41)	30–52	820 (16)	13–18
40–44	28 (64)	47–82	29 (52)	34–70	57 (58)	45–70	762 (19)	16–21
45–49	18 (56)	33–79	26 (42)	23–61	44 (48)	34–62	655 (18)	15–21
50+	37 (57)	41–73	12 (50)	22–78	49 (55)	41–68	1486 (19)	17–21

^aOne missing value for age group in chartered physiotherapists.

^bThree missing values for gender and employment status in physical and athletic therapists. Four missing values for age group in physical and athletic therapists.

^cThree missing values for gender and employment status in all therapists. Five missing values for age group in all therapists.

^dForty-six missing values for LBP prevalence over past 12 months in SLÁN 2007.