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ArticleInquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing

Effect of Age-Friendly Communities Action Plan on Trajectories of Older Canadians' Depressive Symptoms Between 2018 and 2020: Multilevel Results From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

Mélanie Levasseur, Daniel Naud, Verena Menec, Marie-France Dubois, Christina Wolfson, Lauren E Griffith, Lise Trottier, Jacqueline McMillan, Mélissa Généreux, Mathieu Roy and 2 more

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Article in Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Mélanie LevasseurEastern Townships Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre - Sherbrooke University Hospital Centre (CIUSSS de l'Estrie - CHUS), Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Daniel NaudEastern Townships Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre - Sherbrooke University Hospital Centre (CIUSSS de l'Estrie - CHUS), Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0876-3243
Verena MenecUniversity of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Marie-France DuboisEastern Townships Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre - Sherbrooke University Hospital Centre (CIUSSS de l'Estrie - CHUS), Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Christina WolfsonMcGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Lauren E GriffithMcMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Lise TrottierEastern Townships Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre - Sherbrooke University Hospital Centre (CIUSSS de l'Estrie - CHUS), Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Jacqueline McMillanUniversity of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Mélissa GénéreuxUniversité de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Mathieu RoyUniversité de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Yves CouturierUniversité de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Parminder RainaMcMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Université de Sherbrooke · CAMcMaster University · CAHealth and Social Services Centre University Institute of Geriatrics of Sherbrooke · CAMcGill University · CAUniversity of Calgary · CAUniversity of Manitoba · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the COVID-19 pandemic impacted mental health, this longitudinal study examined the effect of age-friendly communities (AFC) action plan on older adults' depressive symptoms. Using the CLSA, the CLSA COVID-19 Questionnaire study, survey of Canadian municipalities, and the census, the depressive symptoms trajectories were modeled with multilevel multinomial regressions. Most respondents (66.1%) had non-depressed trajectories, 28.1% experienced a moderate increase in depressive symptoms, and 5.8% had a depressed trajectory. AFC action plans did not have a protective effect on these trajectories. Being a female, greater loneliness, lower income, ≥2 chronic conditions, inferior social participation, weaker sense of belonging, COVID-19 infection, and pandemic stressors predicted a depressed trajectory. Neighborhood's deprivation had a weak protective effect on the declining trajectory. Although AFC action plans provided no benefits during the pandemic, volunteers facilitating resource access and social interactions could limit any increase in depressive symptoms.

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COVID-19DepressionNorth American PeopleAgedAgingCanadaFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesPandemicsRisk FactorsCLSAcommunity networkenvironmental gerontologyhealth promotionsocial isolation

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PMID38361415
PMCPMC10874163
OpenAlexW4391890204

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