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Alain Colvez
Researcher at French Institute of Health and Medical Research
Publications - 36
Citations - 1077
Alain Colvez is an academic researcher from French Institute of Health and Medical Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 36 publications receiving 994 citations.
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Decision-making process, outcome, and 1-year quality of life of octogenarians referred for intensive care unit admission.
Maité Garrouste-Orgeas,Jean-François Timsit,Luc Montuclard,Alain Colvez,Olivier Gattolliat,François Philippart,Guillaume Rigal,Benoit Misset,Jean Carlet +8 more
TL;DR: More than two-thirds of patients aged over 80 years referred to an ICU were denied admission and one year later self-sufficiency was not modified and quality of life was poorer than in the general population, indicating a need to discuss patient preferences before triage decisions.
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A screening tool with five risk factors was developed for fall-risk prediction in community-dwelling elderly
TL;DR: A screening tool with five risk factors and the OLB test could predict falls in healthy community-dwelling older adults.
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Balance and walking speed predict subsequent 8-year mortality independently of current and intermediate events in well-functioning women aged 75 years and older
Hubert Blain,Isabelle Carrière,Nadia Sourial,C. Berard,François Favier,Alain Colvez,Howard Bergman +6 more
TL;DR: It is shown that poor balance and mobility are significant predictors of 8-year mortality independently of baseline and intermediate events in pre-disabled women aged 75 years and older, suggesting that they may reflect a certain failure to respond adequately in the face of present and future medical and non-medical events.
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Health status and work burden of Alzheimer patients' informal caregivers: comparisons of five different care programs in the European Union.
TL;DR: In 1998, a research study was conducted to compare existing programs in the European Union providing both care to people with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type, and support to their informal caregiver as mentioned in this paper.
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Potentially inappropriate drug prescription in the elderly in France: a population-based study from the French National Insurance Healthcare system
Bienvenu Bongue,Marie-Laure Laroche,S. Gutton,Alain Colvez,René Gueguen,J. J. Moulin,Louis Merle +6 more
TL;DR: Evaluated the prevalence and the regional distribution of PIM prescription in the elderly aged 75 years and over in France, using the French PIM list and the EGB database to create local indicators that the regional health agencies could use to manage public health policy in closer alignment to the needs of the patients within each French region.