Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Multimedia Based Information to Parents in a Pediatric Acute Ward: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief Summary: The aim of this study is to determine whether multimedia based health information presented in a pediatric acute ward to parents of children with breathing difficulties due to lower respiratory tract infections, is more effective than verbal information to reduce the parent's anxiety and to increase satisfaction with nursing care and health information.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* a diagnosis of ischemic heart disease, confirmed by their physician or medical record
* lived independently (i.e., not in an institutional setting).

Exclusion Criteria:

* complicating serious co-morbidity such as a psychiatric illness or untreated malignancy
* neurological disorder with impaired cognition
* inability to read or understand English.
* major uncorrected hearing loss
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* patients hospitalized at any of the six medical centers who are being actively treated for heart failure.

Exclusion Criteria:

* patients who have previously received a transplant, are being evaluated for a transplant, or who are on the wait list for a transplant,
* patients who are enrolled or enrolling in hospice, or are expected to expire shortly after discharge,
* patients with dementia,
* patients who are admitted from a skilled nursing facility (SNF), or who we anticipate will be discharged to a long term stay in a SNF,
* patients who do not have a working land line phone or reliable cell service,
* patients on chronic dialysis,
* patients who cannot identify a usual source of care (free clinic is acceptable) and who will not be assigned a provider upon discharge,
* patients with the following cardiovascular conditions: patients with valvular disorders requiring surgical intervention (except for those with incidental valvular disease, who will be included), acute myocardial infarction (except for those with demand ischemia, who will be included), percutaneous coronary intervention
* patients expected to enroll in hospice or expire after discharge,
* patients who are unable to use the intervention equipment (e.g., unable to stand on the weight scale), or who are otherwise unable to comply with the intervention
C: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age≥60 years
2. English speaking
3. Monroe County, New York or Dane County, Wisconsin resident
4. University of Wisconsin or University of Rochester affiliated primary care physician
5. Community dwelling (no prisoners, nursing home, assisted living residents)
6. Discharge home from the ED

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Previous study participation
2. Discharged to hospice
3. Homelessness
4. Followed by transition care team (e.g., from recent hospitalization)
5. Followed by intensive case management program
6. Emergency Severity Index 1 patients (highest acuity, as assigned by ED triage staff)
7. Unable to obtain consent from patient or proxy
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* parents of 0-15 years old children with breathing difficulties caused by LRTI (bronchiolitis, laryngitis or pneumonia) or asthma exacerbation
* ability to communicate and read Norwegian

Exclusion Criteria:

* parents of children with chronic diseases who have direct access to the acute ward, children with oxygen saturation less than 90 %, or other very sick children who need urgent treatment

Answer: D