An empirical study on the relationship between state anxiety, acute mountain sickness, oxygen saturation, and rating of perceived exertion among graduate students during high-altitude mountaineering

Short-term high-altitude mountaineering imposed considerable physiological strain and induced AMS symptoms, yet overall state anxiety did not increase significantly. Increases in RPE were also significantly associated with changes in state anxiety, whereas changes in SpO₂ had only a limited impact on state anxiety.