Table 1.
Statistical results.
| One-way ANOVA or two-way repeated measures ANOVA: Time*intervention interaction | Compared to elevator use | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climbing 2 flights | Climbing 5 flights | Climbing 8 flights | |||
| Heart rate | F = 24.113, p < 0.001, f = 1.240 | p < 0.001, d = 1.494 | p < 0.001, d = 2.347 | p < 0.001, d = 2.949 | |
| Time taken | F = 75.959, p < 0.001, f = 2.194 | p < 0.001, d = − 2.701 | p = 0.091, d = 0.691 | p < 0.001, d = 2.583 | |
| Mood | Pleasure | F = 4.224, p = 0.010, f = 0.519 | p = 0.234, d = 0.479 | p = 0.407, d = 0.331 | p = 0.042, d = -0.862 |
| Relaxation | F = 0.836, p = 0.481, f = 0.232 | – | – | – | |
| Vigor | F = 1.179, p = 0.328, f = 0.274 | – | – | – | |
| Divergent thinking | Fluency | F = 0.271, p = 0.846, f = 0.132 | – | – | – |
| Flexibility | F = 0.252, p = 0.859, f = 0.128 | – | – | – | |
| Originality | F = 2.616, p = 0.062, f = 0.408 | – | – | – | |
| Convergent thinking | F = 3.170, p = 0.033, f = 0.445 | p = 0.003, d = 1.165 | p = 0.101, d = 0.686 | p = 0.225, d = 0.579 | |