The eSMAF: a software for the assessment and follow-up of functional autonomy in geriatrics

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The eSMAF: a software for the assessment and follow-up of functional autonomy in geriatrics

Patrick Boissy¹^,2 , Simon Brière¹ , Michel Tousignant¹^,2^,3 and Eric Rousseau⁴^,5

¹Research Centre on Aging, Sherbrooke Geriatric University Institute, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

²Université de Sherbrooke, Faculty of Physical and Sports Education, Kinesiology Dept., Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

³Université de Sherbrooke, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Rehabilitation Dept., Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

⁴Université de Sherbrooke, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

⁵Etienne Le Bel Research Center, CHUS, Biomedical Telematics Laboratory, Respiratory Health Network of the FRSQ, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

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BMC Geriatrics 2007, 7:2doi:10.1186/1471-2318-7-2


Published:	13 February 2007

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Appendix 1. Areas of functional ability evaluated by the SMAF and scoring template for an item. For more details on the SMAF, see Hebert R, Carrier R, Bilodeau A: The Functional Autonomy Measurement System (SMAF): description and validation of an instrument for the measurement of handicaps. Age Ageing 1988, 17(5):293–302.

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Appendix 1. Summary of Iso-SMAF case-mix classification profiles according to patients' functional autonomy characteristics on the SMAF. For more details on the Iso-SMAF case mix classification system, see Dubuc N, Hebert R, Desrosiers J, Buteau M: Long-term care for the elderly: choice of a clinical managerial system in the context of an integral care network. Can J Aging 2004, 23(1):35–45.