Participants will complete the instrument on an electronic device provided by research staff in the hospital room. If an individual is unable to complete the instrument, the participant may have another individual input answers on the electronic device. Hospitalized patients (n = 1240: 620 in Phase 1 and 620 in Phase 2) with a variety of chronic diseases will be recruited into the study. Study coordinators will recruit participants with the following diagnoses: heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, acute myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft, pneumonia, total knee or hip replacement, and stroke. These diagnoses were chosen because of the frequency with which patients are readmitted after discharge.
