Claudine Auger, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Contact details (Research)
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR),
CRIR-CRLB du CIUSSS Centre-Sud-de-l’Ile-de-Montréal |Centre de réadaptation Lucie-Bruneau
2275, avenue Laurier East
Montreal (Quebec) H2H 2N8 Canada
T 514-527-4527

Contact details (School of Rehabilitation)
T 514-343-6111, #17266
F
514-343-2105
claudine.auger@umontreal.ca

Program
Ergothérapie


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, robotic audition, communication aids).
  • Natural history of power wheelchair users aged 50 years and above.

Selected publications

  • Auger, C., Boisvert, A.-C., Jobin, K., Houde, J., Grondin, F. Brodeur, D., Michaud, F. (2015). Exploration des besoins en robotique interactive dans les activités quotidiennes pour les personnes atteintes de conditions neurologiques et neurodégénératives : protocole du volet qualitatif. Recueil des communications affichées du 13e Carrefour des connaissances. Montréal, QC.
  • Auger, C., Ahmed, S., Nadeau, C., Swaine, B. (2015). Monitoring mobility outcomes for older wheelchair users with cognitive or communicative impairments: Reliability of proxy respondents. Paper presented at the 44th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Canadian Association on Gerontology, Calgary, AB.
  • 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),
  • 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), 2-17.
  • 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), 12777-12794.

Research interests

  • Adoption and outcome measurement of assistive technology with regards to functioning, subjective well-being and the social environment.
  • Transcultural validation of rehabilitation outcome measures (classical theory; item response theory; computer adaptive testing).