The protocol for a scoping review analyzing the association between physical activity interventions after a genitourinary cancer diagnosis and incidences of depression and anxiety

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AbstractThe following is a protocol for a planned scoping review of the effect of physical activity interventions on incidences of depression and anxiety incidences in men diagnosed with a genitourinary cancer. If exercise interventions are found to correlate with lower incidences of depression and anxiety, physical activity interventions offer a potentially modifiable, low-cost, accessible, and natural intervention to improve quality of life outcomes in men with genitourinary cancers. We plan to screen literature from publicly available databases, PubMed and Embase, for intervention studies in this area by implementing abstract/title and full-text screening by two independent reviewers followed by data extraction performed by two independent reviewers. Results will be synthesized in narrative format accompanied by relevant tabulated findings. We anticipate no ethical risks while completing this scoping review. Upon completion of this scoping review, results will be disseminated via publication.Article Summary (Strengths and Limitations)This scoping review will address a critical area of potentially-modifiable interventions to improve quality-of-life indicators in genitourinary cancer survivorship research.This scoping review could inform the use of readily available, low-cost, and low-barrier, treatment options to men suffering from depression and anxiety.This review is limited to information from interventional studies only as a preliminary review of available research.This review is limited to interventional studies in male cancer patients of specific genitourinary cancers (prostate, bladder, kidney, testicular).