Claudine Auger, Ph.D.

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Education

• B.Sc Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation, McGill University (1988)
• M.Sc Biomedical Sciences (Rehabilitation Option), Université de Montréal (2005)
• Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences (Rehabilitation Option), Université de Montréal (2009)
• Postdoctorate, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Clinical and Health Informatics Research Group, McGill University (2010-2012)
• Postdoctorate, Rehabilitation Sciences, CanWheel Research Group, University of British Columbia (2010-2012)

Current research projects

• Computerized monitoring tools to follow-up older adults with mobility limitations through self-report or proxy-report.
• Ethical and technological acceptability of complex assistive technologies (electronic decision aids, voice technologies, communication aids).

Selected publications

• Campeau-Vallerand, C., Michaud, F., Routhier, F., Archambault, P. S., Létourneau, D., Gélinas-Bronsard, D., & Auger, C. (2019). Development of a web-based monitoring system for power tilt-in-space wheelchairs: Formative evaluation. JMIR Rehabilitation Assistive Technology, 6(2), e13560. doi:10.2196/13560
• Gélinas-Bronsard, D., Mortenson, W. B., Ahmed, S., Guay, C., & Auger, C. (2018). Co-construction of an Internet-based intervention for older assistive technology users and their family caregivers: stakeholders’ perceptions. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 1-10. doi:10.1080/17483107.2018.1499138
• Auger, C., Rushton, P. W., Jutai, J. W., & Miller, W. C. (2018). Reliability, convergent validity and applicability of the Assistive Technology Outcome Profile for Mobility for middle-aged and older power wheelchair users. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 65(5), 439-448. doi:10.1111/1440-1630.12515
• Chenel, V., W.B. Mortenson, Guay, M., Jutai, J.W., & Auger, C. (2018). Cultural adaptation and validation of patient decision aids: a scoping review. Patient Preferences and Adherence, 12, 321-332. doi:10.2147/PPA.S151833.
• Soares Menezes, K. V. R., Auger, C., de Souza Menezes, W. R., & Guerra, R. O. (2017). Instruments to evaluate mobility capacity of older adults during hospitalization: a systematic review. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 72, 67-79. doi:10.1016/j.archger.2017.05.009
• Auger, C., Mortenson, W. B., Chenel, V., Jutai, J., & Guay, M. (2017). Cross-Cultural Adaptation of a Decision Support System for AT Selection. Dans P. Cudd et L. de Witte (dir.), Harnessing the Power of Technology to Improve Lives. (pp. 52-58). IOS Press. doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-798-6-52
• Guay, C., Auger, C., Demers, L., Mortenson, W. B., Miller, W. C., Gélinas-Bronsard, D., & Ahmed, S. (2017). Components and Outcomes of Internet-Based Interventions for Caregivers of Older Adults: Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 19(9), e313. doi:10.2196/jmir.7896
• Auger, C., Miller, W. C., Jutai, J., & Tamblyn, R. (2015). Development and feasibility of an automated call monitoring intervention for older wheelchair users: the MOvIT project. BMC Health Services, 15(1), 386. doi:10.1186/s12913-015-1048-0
• Auger, C., Readman, J., Dominique, A., Thibault, F., Jobin, E., & Beauregard, S. (2015). Impact d’un suivi systématique par appels automatisés sur l’adhésion aux recommandations ergothérapiques suite à l’attribution d’un fauteuil roulant chez des utilisateurs de plus de 50 ans. Revue Francophone de Recherche en Ergothérapie, 1(2), 5-17. doi:10.13096/rfre.v1n1.22
• Auger, C., Leduc, E., Labbé, D., Guay, C., Fillion, B., Bottari, C., & Swaine, B. (2014). Mobile Applications for Participation at the Shopping Mall: Content Analysis and Usability for Persons with Physical Disabilities and Communication or Cognitive Limitations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11(2), 12777- doi:10.3390/ijerph111212777

Research interests

• e-Health
• Rehabilitation Technologies
• Older adults
• Assessment