Breathless and Blue in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: Incident and Recurrent Depression Among Older Adults with COPD During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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"This research was made possible using the data/biospecimens collected by the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Funding for the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) is provided by the Government of Canada through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) under grant reference: LSA 94473 and the Canada Foundation for Innovation, as well as the following provinces, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, and British Columbia. This research has been conducted using the CLSA Baseline Comprehensive Dataset version 6.0, Follow-up 1 Comprehensive Dataset version 3.0, and COVID-19 Questionnaire Study Dataset version 1.0 under Application ID 2104024. The CLSA is led by Drs. Parminder Raina, Christina Wolfson and Susan Kirkland. The opinions expressed in this manuscript are the author’s own and do not reflect the views of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. The authors would like to thank James Cognata for his assistance with preparation of the tables. Andie MacNeil received funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada to support this research activity. This research was supported, in part, by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) grant #172862 (PI: EFT). We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canadian Frailty Network. Data are available from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (www.clsa-elcv.ca) for researchers who meet the criteria for access to de-identified CLSA data."