Relationship between Level of
Discomfort and Interference of
Prolonged Sitting Musculoskeletal
Discomfort with the Respondents’
Academic Activities
Level of Discomfort as to
Pearson r
p value
Interpretation
Neck
0.533
0
Significant
Right Shoulder
0.62
0
Significant
Left Shoulder
0.569
0
Significant
Upper Back
0.664
0
Significant
Right Upper Arm
0.419
0.001
Significant
Left Upper Arm
0.36
0.004
Significant
Lower Back
0.724
0
Significant
Right Forearm
0.452
0
Significant
Left Forearm
0.485
0
Significant
Right Wrist
0.565
0
Significant
Left Wrist
0.433
0
Significant
Right Hand/Fingers
0.519
0
Significant
Left Hand/Fingers
0.476
0
Significant
Hips/Buttocks
0.721
0
Significant
Right Thigh
0.662
0
Significant
Left Thigh
0.626
0
Significant
Right Knee
0.661
0
Significant
Left Knee
0.657
0
Significant
Right Lower Leg
0.737
0
Significant
Relationship between Level of Discomfort and Interference of Prolonged Sitting Musculoskeletal Discomfort with the
Respondents’ Academic Activities
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Level of Discomfort as to
Pearson r
p value
Interpretation
Left Lower Leg
0.713
0
Significant
If we wish to label the strength of the association, for absolute values of r, 0-0.19 is regarded as
very weak, 0.2-0.39 as weak, 0.40-0.59 as moderate, 0.6-0.79 as strong and 0.8-1 as very
strong correlation
Relationship between Level of Discomfort and Interference of Prolonged Sitting Musculoskeletal Discomfort with the
Respondents’ Academic Activities
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