Oliver MauthnerUniversity of Basel | UNIBAS · Institute of Nursing Science
Oliver Mauthner
PhD
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September 2013 - present
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Publications (36)
Background and aim
Geriatric patients with sarcopenia are at increased risk for functional decline with loss of independence in daily living. This cross-sectional study aims to investigate the impact of sarcopenia on different domains of functional status in hospitalized geriatric patients.
Methods
Sarcopenia was assessed at hospital admission usi...
We aimed to identify, assess, compare and map research priorities of patients and professionals in the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study. The project followed 3 steps. 1) Focus group interviews identified patients' (n = 22) research priorities. 2) A nationwide survey assessed and compared the priorities in 292 patients and 175 professionals. 3) Priorit...
Weight gain after liver transplantation (LTx) contributes to new-onset obesity. We explored patients' experiences with gaining weight after LTx. Individual interviews were guided by open-ended questions. We analyzed transcripts with the reflexive thematic analysis approach by Braun and Clarke. The 12 participants gained 11.5 kg weight (median) over...
Introduction: The effect of age on health outcomes in kidney transplantation remains inconclusive. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between age at time of kidney transplantation with mortality, graft loss and self-rated health status in adult kidney transplant recipients.
Methods: This study used data from the Swiss Transplant Cohort St...
Background
The impact of pre‐transplant social determinants of health on post‐transplant outcomes remains understudied. In the US, poor clinical outcomes are associated with underprivileged status, as assessed by the Social Adaptability Index (SAI), a composite score of education, employment status, marital status, household income, and substance a...
Purpose
To investigate the experiences of adult patients and professionals with the prevention of alcohol withdrawal delirium program
Design and Methods
A simple, descriptive case study with several units of analysis was chosen as the study design.
Participants
Six patients, 15 nurses, one family member, and two physicians
Methods
Semi‐structure...
Purpose:
We report on our contextual analysis's methodology, as a first step of an implementation science project aiming to develop, implement, and test the effectiveness of an integrated model of care in SteM-cell transplantatIon faciLitated by eHealth (SMILe).
Methods:
We applied an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design including clinici...
Ein Problem des Alters sind Osteoporose bedingte Frakturen, sogenannte Fragilitätsfrakturen. Auf die Zunahme des Anteils älterer PatientInnen mit Fragilitätsfrakturen sind die Versorgungssysteme in Deutschland und anderen europäischen Ländern jedoch bisher nicht ausreichend vorbereitet. Deshalb initiierte das Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) ein eu...
Der erste Vortrag befasste sich mit den Hintergründen des FFN-Projektes und dessen Umsetzung im deutschsprachigen Raum. Ein erster Workshop zur Translation der Inhalte des Kerncurriculums in die Praxis fand im Oktober 2018 im Rahmen des EuGMS Kongresses in Berlin statt. Im Vortrag wurde der aktuelle Stand des Projektes und die zukünftige Entwicklun...
As the population ages, musculoskeletal trauma in older people will be a growing challenge. Although management of older people following trauma has some similarities to that for all trauma, there are also differences and specific considerations relating to aging. The most common cause of injury in older people is a fall, so fall-related trauma wil...
Background: Intensive care unit (ICU) personnel have an elevated prevalence of job-related burn-out and post-traumatic stress disorder, which can ultimately impact patient care. To strengthen healthcare workers’ skills to deal with stressful events, it is important to focus not only on minimising suffering but also on increasing happiness, as this...
Background:
There is growing consensus that frailty, a state of vulnerability and a decline in functioning across multiple physiological body systems, is a valuable criterion to guide clinicians' risk prediction for poor outcomes in adult transplant candidates. In its 2016 listing criteria for heart transplantation the International Society for He...
Aim:
To present the rationale, design and methodology of the GERAS project, which examines whether assessment of frailty and mild cognitive impairment could enhance risk prediction for biomedical, psychosocial outcomes and foster efficient resource allocation in kidney transplantation.
Background:
For the burgeoning cohort of older patients cons...
Of heart transplant recipients, 30 per cent report ongoing or episodic emotional issues post-transplant, which are not attributable to medications or pathophysiological changes. To this end, our team theorized that cardiac transplantation introduces pressing new questions about how patients incorporate a transplanted heart into their sense of self...
Patients waiting for heart transplant face real risks of morbidity and mortality. Peer run support groups, Facebook® support site and health care practitioner run information sessions were developed to help patients deal with anxiety and stress whilst waiting. The purpose of this qualitative visual study was to further explore patients’ thoughts an...
Preparation for heart transplant commonly includes booklets, instructional videos, personalized teaching sessions, and mentorship. This paper explores heart transplant recipients' thoughts on their preparation and support through the transplant process. Twenty-five interviews were audio-/videotaped capturing voice and body language and transcribed...
Quality of life (QoL) studies in heart transplant recipients (HTRs) using validated, quantitative, self-report questionnaires have reported poor QoL in approximately 20% of patients. This consecutive mixed methods study compared self-report questionnaires, the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form Health Survey (MOS SF-36) and the Atkinson Life...
Transplant recipients are encouraged to write anonymous thank-you letters to the donor family. We prospectively explored heart transplant recipients' embodied responses to the 'obligation' to write a thank-you letter using audio/video-taped open-ended interviews (N = 27). Fifteen of the 19 participants, who wrote letters to the donor family, expres...
Quality of life (QoL) studies in heart transplant recipients generally rely on quantifiable self-report questionnaires and have shown that approximately 20% of patients undergo distress and poor QoL not clearly related to medical variables.
Building on existing qualitative research, we used a phenomenologically informed audiovisual method to explor...
Projects
Project (1)
Hybrid Bodies, a multidisciplinary research and artistic creation project, brings together the domains of Arts, Ethics, Medicine and Social Sciences to investigate the complexities of heart transplantation.
Beyond its anatomical function, the heart represents immense personal significance and speaks to the age-old question at the core of human selfhood: “Who am I?” Advances in medical transplantation technologies raise urgent questions about bodily integrity, personal identity, and the relationship between recipients and their donors.
The aim of these projects is to further explore the complexity of organ transplantation in a novel way which makes it accessible to the public by providing context to discuss and explore these ideas. We hope the artworks will provide a tangible focus for future discussion.
