Table 1.

Demographic and personal characteristics of participants ($n=145$).

Variable	Characteristics	Frequency ($n$)	Percentage (%)
Gender	Male	30	20.7
	Female	115	79.3
Year of study	One	42	28.7
	Two	48	32.9
	Three	36	25.2
	Four	19	13.3
Marital status	Single	144	99.3
	Married	1	0.7
Course of study	Physiotherapy	74	51.0
	Occupational therapy	71	49.0
Handedness	Right	132	91
	Left	13	9
Smoker	Yes	10	6.9
	No	135	93.1
Family History of MSP	Yes	73	50.3
	No	72	49.7
Doing home chores	Yes	137	94.5
	No	8	5.5
Duration of daily personal study	0–3 h	78	53.8
	4–6 h	61	42.1
	Greater than 7 h	6	4.1
Duration of daily laptop usage	0–3 h	67	46.2
	4–6 h	62	42.8
	Greater than 7 h	16	11.0
Duration of daily travels	Less than 1 h	95	65.5
	Greater than 1 h	50	34.5
Usage of backpack	Yes	108	74.6
	No	37	25.4
Participating in regular exercises	Yes	87	60.0
	No	58	40.0
Participating in sports	Yes	44	30.3
	No	101	69.7