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Table 5 Descriptive responses in descending order by Mean regarding reporting pain using a 5-point scale from 1 - (None) No Pain/Discomfort to 5 - (Intolerable Pain/Discomfort) Restricts All Activity (n = 506)

From: Health-related consequences of the type and utilization rates of electronic devices by college students

Component

Body Part

Median

Mean

SEM

UB

Lower Back

2

2.16

0.05

UB

Neck

2

2.02

0.04

UB

Shoulders

2

1.82

0.04

UB

Eyes

1

1.72

0.04

UB

Upper Back

1

1.67

0.04

UB

Middle Back

1

1.58

0.04

LE

Knees

1

1.55

0.04

DUE

Wrists

1

1.49

0.04

LE

Buttocks

1

1.41

0.04

DUE

Hands

1

1.39

0.03

LE

Feet

1

1.35

0.03

LE

Lower-Legs

1

1.23

0.03

DUE

Elbow

1

1.22

0.03

DUE

Lower Arms

1

1.20

0.03

LE

Thighs

1

1.20

0.02

DUE

Upper Arm

1

1.19

0.03

Rotated component matrix from PCA for the 16 body parts.

 

Upper Body (UB)

Lower Extremities (LE)

Distal Upper Extremities (DUE)

 

% variance explained

40.6

10.3

7.5

 

Neck

0.81

0.07

0.22

 

Upper Back

0.73

0.19

0.17

 

Lower Back

0.73

0.20

0.08

 

Shoulders

0.72

0.18

0.19

 

Middle Back

0.63

0.30

0.14

 

Eyes

0.46

0.16

0.44

 

Lower Legs

0.11

0.77

0.17

 

Thighs

0.17

0.72

0.30

 

Feet

0.28

0.69

0.09

 

Knees

0.24

0.65

0.01

 

Elbow

0.11

0.58

0.43

 

Buttocks

0.34

0.44

0.37

 

Hands

0.22

0.13

0.79

 

Wrists

0.25

0.08

0.78

 

Lower Arms

0.11

0.43

0.69

 

Upper Arm

0.16

0.55

0.56

 
  1. Bolded component coefficients denote component loadings