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

 

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.