Well-being of Canadian Armed Forces Veterans and Spouses of Veterans During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protocol for a Prospective Longitudinal Survey

Callista A Forchuk   ¹ , BA, MSc ;   Anthony Nazarov   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   Rachel A Plouffe   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Jenny J W Liu   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Erisa Deda   ⁴ , MHIS ;   Tri Le   ¹ , BSc ;   Dominic Gargala   ¹ , BSc ;   Vanessa Soares   ¹ , MD ;   Jesse Bourret-Gheysen   ¹ , BSc ;   Kate St Cyr   ^{1, 5} , MSc ;   Maede S Nouri   ¹ , MSc ;   Fardous Hosseiny   ^{6, 7} , MSc ;   Patrick Smith   ^{6, 7} , PhD ;   Gabrielle Dupuis   ^{6, 7} , MSc ;   Maya Roth   ^{4, 8} , PhD ;   Michelle Marlborough   ^{2, 4} , MD ;   Rakesh Jetly   ⁷ , MD ;   Alexandra Heber   ^{9, 10} , MD ;   Ruth Lanius   ^{2, 4} , MD, PhD ;   J Don Richardson   ^{1, 2, 3, 4} , MD

¹ The MacDonald Franklin Operational Stress Injury Research Centre, Parkwood Institute, St. Joseph's Health Care, London, ON, Canada

² Department of Psychiatry, Western University, London, ON, Canada

³ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁴ St. Joseph’s Operational Stress Injury Clinic, Parkwood Institute, St. Joseph's Health Care, London, ON, Canada

⁵ Department of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Centre of Excellence on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Related Mental Health Conditions, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁷ The Royal’s Institute for Mental Health Research, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁸ Yeates School of Graduate Studies, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

¹⁰ Veterans Affairs Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada