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) |