Publications by authors named "Mari A Botti"
Background: Despite the long-term consequences of poorly controlled postoperative pain, inadequate pain control remains a problem.
Aims: To improve the quality of postoperative pain management, the study site, an acute care hospital in Denmark, introduced electronic prescribing with standard order-sets, and allowed patients to self-administer analgesia. This study aimed to describe analgesic prescribing, prescriptions for multimodal analgesia, analgesic administration, and patients' pain experience, in this context.
Objective: To test the feasibility and acceptability of a telephone-based program to screen survivors of colorectal cancer (CRC) for distress, and to refer distressed patients to their treating health service.
Design, Setting And Participants: A prospective, multicentre study involving 59 patients with CRC recruited from six public and private health services in Melbourne, Victoria, from 15 June 2008 to 22 September 2009. Patients who had completed adjuvant chemotherapy for CRC were contacted (7-10 days after recruitment [outcall one] and again 4 weeks later [outcall two]) by the Cancer Council Victoria's helpline nurse, and screened for distress with the Distress and Impact Thermometer (DIT); participants were given tailored information and support and those with distress scores of > or = 5, and impact scores of > or = 4, were referred for follow-up.
Background: Attendance in phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation program after acute myocardial infarction is poor.
Objective: To identify and explore the demographic factors that influence peoples' decisions to attend cardiac rehabilitation programs.
Methods: A descriptive-interpretive design was used.