Table 3 Heart rate variability, well-being and sleep quality in the golf and Nordic walking / e-biking groups before and after the vacation

EBF-24 stress

Dejection

2.89 (1–4)

1 (0–1.75) **

1.91 (0–3)

0.95 (0–1)*

Irritability

3.21 (2–4)

2 (1–2)***

3.23 (2–4.75)

1.55 (0–2)**

Tiredness

4.32 (2.5–5)

2.07 (0.25–3)**

3.27 (2–4.75)

2.05 (1–3)*

Subjective malaise

3.32 (1.5–4)

2.67 (1.25–4)

3.50 (2–5)

2.05 (1.25–2)**

EBF-24 recovery

Happiness

6.37 (5.5–8)

7.87 (6.25–9)*

5.32 (3–8)

6.64 (5–8.75)**

Relaxation

6.89 (5.5–8)

9.10 (8–10)***

6.41 (4–8)

8.68 (8–10)***

Satisfaction

7.53 (6–9.5)

8.97 (8–10)***

7.77 (6.25–9.75)

8.59 (8–10)

Sleep quality

7.58 (7–9)

9.13 (8.25 – 11)*

7.55 (6 – 10)

8.95 (8 – 11)**

WHO-5

15.3 (12–18)

20.59 (18.25–22)****

16.45 (13.5–20)

19.59 (17.25 – 21.75)*

SDNN (ms)

41.74 (32.05–48.85)

40.88 (34.7–46.4)

45.67 (36–53)

49.67 (40 – 56)*

pNN50 (%)

1.87 (0.5–2.5)

3.23 (0.57–3.6)

2.74 (0.77–2.9)

3.67 (0.71 – 5.54)

r-MSSD (ms)

20.09 (12.6–19.6)

20.91 (12.8–24.3)

19.51 (16–21.4)

21.84 (17.7 – 26.7)

log LF/HF (%)

0.68 (0.59–0.82)

0.67 (0.54–0.79)

0.61 (0.5–0.7)

0.60 (0.44 – 0.73)

Total power (ms²)

2021 (1224–2619)

2375 (1341–2979)

3212 (2415–4111)

3555 (2468 – 4714)

Sleep architecture

2.44 (2–3)

2.20 (2–3)*

2.35 (2–3)

1.80 (1–2)*

Sleep quality (EBF-24)

7.58 (7–9)

8.68 (7–9)

7.55 (6–10)

8.95 (8–11)

Apnea index

7.04 (0.71 – 10.6)

5.32 (0.5–9.12)

7.64 (3–8)

7.84 (4.6–10.3)