Why the study?
mHealth technology offers an innovative method to deliver vital self-care education to heart failure patients unable or unwilling to access traditional programmes, but its benefits and harms required systematic quantification.
Does mHealth-delivered education improve knowledge, self-care, quality of life, or reduce hospitalisations in adults with heart failure compared to usual care?
Population
Adults (≥ 18 years) with a diagnosis of HF (3 studies, 894 participants)
Comparison
mHealth-delivered education vs usual HF care
Design
Systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Key result
mHealth-delivered educational interventions for people with heart failure showed no evidence of a difference in heart failure knowledge compared to usual care (MD 0.10).
Authors
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No benefit on heart failure knowledge; confirms null effect of mHealth education and leaves self-efficacy and hospitalizations uncertain.
Systematic Review (n=971)
Does mHealth-delivered education improve knowledge, self-care, quality of life, or reduce hospitalisations in adults with heart failure compared to usual care?
Effect estimate: MD 0.10 (95% CI -0.2 to 0.40)
p-value: p=0.51
Current evidence does not show a clear benefit of mHealth-delivered educational interventions on knowledge, self-care, quality of life, or hospitalizations in heart failure patients.
Allida et al. (2020) conducted a systematic review in Heart failure (n=971). mHealth-delivered education interventions vs. Usual care was evaluated on Heart failure knowledge (MD 0.10, 95% CI -0.2 to 0.40, p=0.51). mHealth-delivered educational interventions for people with heart failure showed no evidence of a difference in heart failure knowledge compared to usual care (MD 0.10).