Table 2.

Percentage (frequency) of total reviewed studies that showed beneficial effects of physical activity/exercise interventions depending on the intensity of the intervention

Intensity of the intervention	Depression symptoms	Anxiety symptoms	Stress	Mood states
Vigorous-intensity intervention	33% (n=1 out of 3)35	0% (n=0 out of 1)	50% (n=1 out of 2)43	100% (n=1 out of 1)61
Moderate-to-vigorous-intensity intervention	83% (n=5 out of 6)47 52–55	66% (n=4 out of 6)40 47 52 55	33% (n=1 out of 3)59	66% (n=2 out of 3)52 83
Moderate-intensity intervention	28% (n=2 out of 7)39 42	25% (n=1 out of 4)59	33% (n=1 out of 3)59	0% (n=0 out of 2)
Light-moderate-intensity intervention	0% (n=0 out of 1)	None identified	100% (n=1 out of 1)45	None identified
Light-intensity intervention	25% (n=1 out of 4)38	75% (n=3 out of 4)38 55 57	33% (n=1 out of 3)38	0% (n=0 out of 2)