Table 4: Relationship between the 12-month prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and duration of activities among undergraduate students.
Duration of activities |
Low back pain |
Neck pain |
Shoulder pain |
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|
r |
p |
r |
p |
r |
p |
Chatting |
0.013 |
0.844 |
0.035 |
0.419 |
0.016 |
0.838 |
Watching videos/movies |
0.000 |
0.997 |
0.004 |
0.936 |
0.093 |
0.263 |
Playing games |
-0.042 |
0.582 |
-0.002 |
0.961 |
-0.003 |
0.977 |
Phone calls |
-0.059 |
0.422 |
0.018 |
0.693 |
-0.008 |
0.927 |
Browsing internet |
-0.159 |
0.019* |
0.049 |
0.266 |
0.090 |
0.258 |
Blogging |
-0.045 |
0.753 |
-0.157 |
0.070 |
-0.017 |
0.914 |
Video calls |
-0.126 |
0.133 |
-0.034 |
0.533 |
0.026 |
0.794 |
Reading/Studying |
-0.097 |
0.097 |
-0.101 |
0.021* |
-0.092 |
0.245 |
Photography |
-0.004 |
0.957 |
0.032 |
0.552 |
-0.042 |
0.664 |
Note: Where r = Kendall’s tau b correlation coefficient and p = corresponding probability value, *significant.