Social deprivation assessment in older adults: results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Social deprivation is a state to which individuals may be exposed to adverse social, psychological, and health events. Two indexes (Keefe and Andrew), which capture a broad picture of social vulnerability, have previously been developed for older Canadians. There is no validated social deprivation assessment in Canada. The Canadian Older Adult Deprivation (COAD) scale is an adapted Canadian version of the French EPICES scale assessing social deprivation. Using participants in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), the overall objective is to examine and to compare the associations of the COAD, Keefe and Andrew indexes with prevalent social deprivation and incident adverse social, psychological, and health events.