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CLSA_Comprehensive_COVID19_Questionnaire

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Population

CLSA - Comprehensive

This population is composed of a random sample of Canadians aged 45 to 85 years who consented to an in-home interview and a physical examination component.

Selection Criteria

Minimum age

Maximum age

Newborns

Twins

Countries

Canada

Territory

Vancouver, Victoria, Surrey, Calgary, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Ottawa, Montréal, Sherbrooke, Halifax, and St. John’s

Ethnic Origin

Health Status

Other Criteria

Inclusion: Individuals who are able to respond in either French or English, and able to give consent.
Exclusion (same exclusion criteria as the Statistics Canada Canadian Community Health Survey – Healthy Aging):

Residents of the three territories
Full-time members of the Canadian Forces
Individuals living in long-term care institutions (i.e., those providing 24-hour nursing care). However, those living in households and transitional housing arrangements (e.g., seniors’ residences, in which only minimal care is provided) will be included. CLSA cohort participants who become institutionalized during the course of the study will continue to be followed either through personal or proxy interview.
Persons living on reserves and other Indigenous settlements. However, individuals who are of First Nations, Metis and Inuit descent who live outside reserves are included in the study.

Supplementary Information about selection criteria

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment

General population
Specific population

General Population

Selected sample
Random digit dialing

Specific Population

Other specific population : Provincial registries

Supplementary Information

Provincial health registration databases were used for recruitment of the comprehensive cohort. Individuals residing within a 25-50 kilometer radius of the 11 Data collection sites (Vancouver, Victoria, Surrey, Calgary, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Ottawa, Montreal, Sherbrooke, Halifax, and St. John’s) were also recruited.

Number of Participants

Number of Participants: 30,097
Number of Participants with Biological Samples: 30,000

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Data Collection Event

CLSA - Comprehensive - COVID-19 Questionnaire

Information on COVID symptoms and status, risk factors, healthcare use, health behaviors, psychosocial and economic consequences of the pandemic was collected. Anxiety and depression were measured using the Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) and the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Short Depression Scale (CES-D-10) respectively.

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CLSA_Comprehensive_COVID19_Questionnaire

Population

CLSA - Comprehensive

Data Collection Event

CLSA - Comprehensive - COVID-19 Questionnaire

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