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. 2015 Dec 28;27(12):3711–3716. doi: 10.1589/jpts.27.3711

Table 4. Comparison of the subscales of the Profile of Mood States before (pre) and after (post) forest walking between the two groups.

Responder Nonresponder Two-way ANOVA F and p values (df=1, 52)



Pre Post Pre Post Group Time Interaction



F p F p F p
Tension-anxiety 3.5±0.6 0.7±0.2* 3.4±0.5 0.6±0.3* 0.014 0.908 60.684 <0.001 0.003 0.960
Depression 1.9±0.5 0.4±0.2* 1.3±0.4 0.5±0.2* 0.657 0.421 19.265 <0.001 1.881 0.176
Anger-hostility 1.4±0.4# 0.1±0.1* 0.7±0.2 0.2±0.1 1.958 0.168 12.418 <0.001 3.104 0.084
Vigor 8.3±0.8 10.2±1.0* 9.7±0.8 12.6±0.9* 3.047 0.087 19.049 <0.001 0.857 0.359
Fatigue 2.7±0.7 1.2±0.4* 2.2±0.7 0.6±0.2* 0.898 0.348 9.447 0.003 0.005 0.942
Confusion 4.9±0.5 3.0±0.3* 4.9±0.6 2.8±0.3* 0.077 0.782 30.282 <0.001 0.130 0.720

Values are shown as the mean ± SEM. *p><0.05 vs. pre-forest-walking values within each group. #p<0.05 vs. nonresponder group within pre-forest-walking values