Prevalence of multimorbidity among adults seen in family practice

M Fortin, G Bravo, C Hudon, A Vanasse… - The Annals of Family …, 2005 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE There are few valid data that describe the extent of multimorbidity in primary care
patients. The purpose of this study was to estimate its prevalence in family practice patients …

Relationship between multimorbidity and health-related quality of life of patients in primary care

M Fortin, G Bravo, C Hudon, L Lapointe, J Almirall… - Quality of life …, 2006 - Springer
Previous studies about the association of multimorbidity and the health-related quality of life
(HRQOL) in primary-care patients are limited because of their reliance on simple counts of …

Reliability, validity and reference values of the Zarit Burden Interview for assessing informal caregivers of community-dwelling older persons with dementia

R Hébert, G Bravo, M Préville - … on Aging/La Revue canadienne du …, 2000 - cambridge.org
Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) is the most widely used instrument for assessing the burden
experienced by the caregivers of persons with dementia. As part of the Canadian Study of …

Validation of the Box and Block Test as a measure of dexterity of elderly people: reliability, validity, and norms studies

J Desrosiers, G Bravo, R Hébert, É Dutil… - Archives of physical …, 1994 - Elsevier
Manual dexterity is a skill frequently evaluated in rehabilitation to estimate hand function.
Several tests have been developed for this purpose, including the Box and Block Test (BBT) …

Normative data for grip strength of elderly men and women

J Desrosiers, G Bravo, R Hebert… - The American Journal of …, 1995 - research.aota.org
Objectives. Grip strength is an important prerequisite for good performance of the upper limb,
hence it is important to evaluate it correctly. However, one of the main difficulties in …

Estimating the reliability of continuous measures with Cronbach's alpha or the intraclass correlation coefficient: toward the integration of two traditions

G Bravo, L Potvin - Journal of clinical epidemiology, 1991 - Elsevier
The epidemiological literature has been ambiguous concerning reliability estimates for
continuous variables. Reproducibility and internal consistency have been presented as different …

Age‐and education‐specific reference values for the Mini‐Mental and Modified Mini‐Mental State Examinations derived from a non‐demented elderly population

G Bravo, R Hébert - International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Main objective. To report age‐ and education‐specific reference values for the Mini‐Mental
State Examination (MMSE) and Modified Mini‐Mental State (3MS) Examination. Design. …

The Purdue Pegboard Test: normative data for people aged 60 and over

J Desrosiers, R Hébert, G Bravo… - Disability and …, 1995 - Taylor & Francis
Manual dexterity is frequently evaluated in rehabilitation services to estimate hand function.
Several tests have been developed for this purpose, including the Purdue Pegboard, which …

Psychological distress and multimorbidity in primary care

M Fortin, G Bravo, C Hudon, L Lapointe… - The Annals of Family …, 2006 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE Psychological distress may decrease adherence to medical treatments and lead
to poorer health outcomes of chronic diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the …

Performance of the 'unaffected'upper extremity of elderly stroke patients

J Desrosiers, D Bourbonnais, G Bravo, PM Roy… - Stroke, 1996 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose The main objective of this study was to compare the sensorimotor
performance of the unaffected upper extremity (UE) of elderly stroke patients with that of …