Tab. IV.

The correlations between the severity of discomfort/pain in different body regions and the scores of P-MAF and its subscales.

			P-MAF subscales
			Degree and severity	Distress that it causes	Degree of interference with activities of daily living	Timing of fatigue	Total fatigue/Global Fatigue Index
Body regions	Neck	r*	0.363	0.418	0.274	-0.351	0.344
		p**	0.000	0.000	0.010	0.001	0.002
	Shoulders	r	0.304	0.262	0.245	-0.355	0.229
		p	0.003	0.012	0.024	0.001	0.048
	Elbows	r	0.225	0.238	0.154	-0.351	0.104
		p	0.029	0.022	0.154	0.001	0.369
	Wrists/hands	r	0.271	0.279	0.123	-0.370	0.158
		p	0.008	0.007	0.263	0.000	0.174
	Lower back	r	0.283	0.316	0.159	-0.230	0.285
		p	0.006	0.002	0.144	0.027	0.013
	Buttock	r	0.166	0.171	0.121	-0.343	0.104
		p	0.111	0.104	0.265	0.001	0.366
	Thighs	r	0.210	0.274	0.251	-0.215	0.305
		p	0.041	0.008	0.019	0.039	0.007
	Ankles	r	0.160	0.184	0.118	-0.219	0.125
		p	0.123	0.078	0.275	0.036	0.278

^*r: Spearman's correlation coefficient;

^**p: p-value, significance level α = 0.05