Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: The Effectiveness of Personalized Stroke Risk Communication - A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief Summary: The goal of this research is to improve communication to Veterans. The investigators want to improve how doctors and nurses talk to patients about the risk of heart attack and stroke. The investigators will give everyone in the study information about the risk for heart attack or stroke. The investigators will also provide information on how to reduce this risk. This information will be given in one of two ways. The investigators want to see which way of giving information works better for veterans. The investigators also want to assess the impact of personalized stroke risk communication to patients at risk for stroke on patient knowledge, beliefs, and preferences for risk reduction behaviors and evaluate the impact of personalized risk communication on medication adherence and blood pressure. The investigators plan to enroll approximately 100 veterans for this study. All veterans will be from the Durham VA Primary Care Clinics. The investigators will ask everyone to be in the study for 3 months.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Enrolled in a Durham VA Primary Care Clinic for at least one year
* Age ≥ 55 years old
* Diagnosis ICD 401.0, 401.1, or 401.9 on outpatient electronic encounter forms in the prior year
* Received a prescription for hypertensive medication (ACE inhibitors, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, diuretics, alpha1 blockers, and/or central alpha2 agonists) in the previous year
* Inadequate BP control based on an average of prior 12-month clinic BP measurements
* Have a baseline EKG within the last 5 years to evaluate the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Hospitalized at the DVAMC for a myocardial infarction (MI), coronary artery revascularization, or diagnosis of metastatic cancer in the past 6 months
* Prior history of stroke
* Active diagnosis of psychosis or dementia documented in medical record
* Participating in another chronic disease self-management study
* Resident of a nursing home
* Does not have access to a telephone
* Refusal to provide informed consent
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients 65-74 years of age with multimorbidity (3 or more chronic diseases) and polypharmacy (5 or more drugs taken for at least three months).
* Informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Institutionalized patient at nursing homes or similar
* Life expectancy \< 12 months
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients aged 18 years or older with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or congestive heart failure admitted at a short-term medical ward and who are living in their private home.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Diagnoses of dementia or cognitive impairment, and need of interpreter to participate in conversations.

The exclusion criteria are related to the patients' possibilities to participate in the motivational interviewing sessions by phone.
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* at least 60 years old of both sexes
* at least three chronic diseases affecting two or more organ systems, which require pharmaceutical treatment
* at least five long-term prescriptions with systemic effects
* health care provided by GP (at least one contact in most recent quarter)
* patient is legally competent to sign any documents
* ability to understand and participate in trial of own free will, to fill out questionnaires and participate in telephone interviews
* written informed consent to participate in trial

Exclusion Criteria:

* diseases cause life expectancy of less than 12 months
* abuse of alcohol or illegal drugs and visible clinical signs or symptoms thereof
* cognitive impairment that prevents trial participation (MMSE \< 26)
* emotional stress that prevents trial participation
* participation in a clinical trial within the last 30 days

Answer: A