TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Rationale and methodology of the 2018 Canadian Armed Forces Members and Veterans Mental Health Follow-up Survey (CAFVMHS): a 16-year follow-up survey
JO  - Canadian journal of psychiatry, The
A1  - Afifi, Tracie O.
A1  - Bolton, Shay-Lee
A1  - Mota, Natalie
A1  - Marrie, Ruth Ann
A1  - Stein, Murray B.
A1  - Enns, Murray W.
A1  - El-Gabalawy, Renee
A1  - Bernstein, Charles N.
A1  - Mackenzie, Corey
A1  - VanTil, Linda
A1  - MacLean, Mary Beth
A1  - Wang, Jian Li
A1  - Patten, Scott
A1  - Asmundson, Gordon J. G.
A1  - Sareen, Jitender
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Knowledge is limited regarding the longitudinal course and predictors of mental health problems, suicide, and physical health outcomes among military and veterans. Statistics Canada, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Manitoba and an international team, conducted the Canadian Armed Forces Members and Veterans Mental Health Follow-Up Survey (CAFVMHS). Herein, we describe the rationale and methods of this important survey. <br><br>METHOD: The CAFVMHS is a longitudinal survey design with 2 time points (2002 and 2018). Regular Force military personnel who participated in the first Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 1.2-Mental Health and Well-Being, Canadian Forces Supplement (CCHS-CFS) in 2002 (N = 5,155) were reinterviewed in 2018 (n = 2,941). The World Mental Health Survey-Composite International Diagnostic Interview was used with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV) criteria. <br><br>RESULTS: The CAFVMHS includes 2,941 respondents (66% veterans; 34% active duty) and includes data on mental disorder diagnoses, physical health conditions, substance use, medication use, general health, mental health services, perceived need for care, social support, moral injury, deployment experiences, stress, physical activity, military-related sexual assault, childhood experiences, and military and sociodemographic information. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The CAFVMHS provides a unique opportunity to further understand the health and well-being of military personnel in Canada over time to inform intervention and prevention strategies and improve outcomes. The data are available through the Statistics Canada Research Data Centres across Canada and can be used cross-sectionally or be longitudinally linked to the 2002 CCHS-CFS data.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0706-7437
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0706743720974837
ID  - ref1
ER  -