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Table 2 Characteristics and Back-PAQ scores at each study time point

From: Changes in physiotherapy students’ beliefs and attitudes about low back pain through pre-registration training

Cohort

Study time

Age (mean)

Female (%)

N

Response rate (%)

Back-PAQ score

95%CI

2017–2019

BSc-2 pre module (2018)

23.4

68.4

38/45

84

95.6

[91.7 to 99.4]

BSc-2 post module (2018)

23.5

75.7

37/45

82

68.2

[64.3 to 72.1]

BSc-3 (2019)

24.8

66.7

39/43

91

60.9

[57.1 to 64.7]

2018–2020

BSc-1 (2018)

22.4

62

50/52

96

94.8

[91.4 to 98.1]

BSc-2 pre module (2019)

23.3

68.1

47/50

94

82.7

[79.2 to 86.1]

BSc-2 post module (2019)

23.4

63.6

44/50

88

60.8

[57.2 to 64.3]

BSc-3 (2020)

24.8

65.9

41/49

84

53.3

[49.6 to 57]

2019–2021

BSc-1 (2019)

23.3

71.1

45/53

85

95.8

[92.3 to 99.4]

BSc-2 pre module (2020)

24.1

70.2

47/48

98

86.5

[83 to 89.9]

BSc-2 post module (2020)

24.3

78.7

47/48

98

55

[51.5 to 58.4]

  1. N: number of participants included in the study (first number) in relation to the total number of students in this cohort (second number)