Close Relations Matter: The Association Between Depression and Refugee Status in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Agin
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Close Relations Matter: The Association Between Depression and Refugee Status in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Shen (Lamson) Lin1 · Karen Kobayashi2 · Hongmei Tong3 · Karen M Davison4,5 · Simran R. A. Arora1 · Esme Fuller‑Thomson1,6
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Abstract This study examined the prevalence and social determinants of depression among refugee and non-refugee adults aged 45–85 in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Bivariate analyses and multivariable binary logistic regression analyses were conducted. The prevalence of depression was higher in a sample of 272 refugees (22.1%) and 5059 non-refugee immigrants (16.6%), compared to 24,339 native-born Canadians (15.2%). The adjusted odds ratio (aOR) of depression for refugees were not attenuated when controlling factors such as, (1) socioeconomic status, (2) health conditions and behaviours, (3) social isolation and online social networking (aORs range from 1.61 to 1.70, p’s
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