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Table 1 Level of inconvenience to everyday life caused by musculoskeletal pain, and intensity of computer-associated musculoskeletal pain, by sex and grade (%)

From: Musculoskeletal symptoms and computer use among Finnish adolescents - pain intensity and inconvenience to everyday life: a cross-sectional study

Symptoms

Boys

Girls

Total

 

6th grade

9th grade

6th grade

9th grade

 
 

(70)

(128)

(90)

(135)

(423)

Neck-shoulder

     

Level of inconvenience to everyday life

     

Severe

1.4

2.4

5.6

19.3

7.2

Moderate

8.6

12.6

8.9

23.7

13.5

Mild

30.0

25.2

33.3

27.4

29.0

Pain intensity

     

Severe

4.3

3.1

6.7

15.6

7.4

Moderate

10.0

11.8

10.0

21.5

13.3

Mild

22.9

26.0

33.3

24.4

26.7

Low back

     

Level of inconvenience to everyday life

     

Severe

0.0

4.7

1.1

11.1

4.2

Moderate

7.4

13.3

5.7

18.5

11.2

Mild

11.8

23.4

21.6

26.7

20.9

Pain intensity

     

Severe

2.9

5.5

1.1

5.9

3.9

Moderate

7.1

12.6

5.6

12.6

9.5

Mild

12.9

19.7

23.6

22.2

19.6

Head

     

Level of inconvenience to everyday life

     

Severe

5.8

5.5

7.8

25.4

11.1

Moderate

15.9

10.9

14.4

27.6

17.2

Mild

30.4

32.8

34.4

29.1

31.7

Pain intensity

     

Severe

7.2

3.9

3.4

15.7

7.6

Moderate

7.2

9.4

14.6

17.2

12.1

Mild

17.4

21.9

28.1

22.4

22.5

Eyes

     

Level of inconvenience to everyday life

     

Severe

4.3

1.6

4.4

8.9

4.8

Moderate

5.8

8.7

3.3

7.4

6.3

Mild

15.9

18.1

14.4

17.0

16.4

Pain intensity

     

Severe

5.8

3.9

3.4

5.9

4.8

Moderate

8.7

7.8

11.2

8.1

9.0

Mild

13.0

23.4

25.8

26.7

22.2

Hands, fingers, wrists

     

Level of inconvenience to everyday life

     

Severe

0.0

1.6

3.4

6.0

2.8

Moderate

1.5

4.7

1.1

6.7

3.5

Mild

16.4

18.9

19.1

14.9

17.3

Pain intensity

     

Severe

1.4

1.6

1.1

5.2

2.3

Moderate

2.9

3.1

4.5

7.4

4.5

Mild

18.8

11.0

21.3

14.1

16.3