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This research assesses the effectiveness of an app compared to traditional logbooks for monitoring weight and encouraging self-care in heart failure patients.

February 28, 2026Open Access

App Versus Logbook for Weight Monitoring and Help-Seeking Behavior in Heart Failure: A Single-Group Quasi-Experimental Study: A Single-Group Quasi-Experimental Study

Q: What does this research mean for the field?

Using an alert-enabled mobile app like the Fluid Heart Tracker improves self-care and helps reduce preventable hospital admissions in heart failure patients. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Key Result

Using the Fluid Heart Tracker app improved self-care and helped reduce preventable hospital admissions in heart failure patients.

Key Points

This research assesses the effectiveness of an app compared to traditional logbooks for monitoring weight and encouraging self-care in heart failure patients.
Single-group quasi-experimental design
Integration of Fluid Heart Tracker app
Assessment of weight monitoring behaviors
Evaluation of help-seeking actions
Enhanced self-care reported among users of the app
Reduction in preventable hospital admissions noted
Improved weight tracking observed with mobile applications

Structured PICO

Does an alert-enabled app improve weight monitoring, help-seeking behavior, and self-care compared to a logbook in patients with heart failure?

Population

Patients with heart failure

Intervention

Alert-enabled app (Fluid Heart Tracker) for weight monitoring

Comparator

Logbook

Outcome

Weight monitoring, help-seeking behavior, self-care, and preventable admissionspatient reported

Integrating alert-enabled apps for weight monitoring in heart failure programs may improve self-care and reduce preventable hospital admissions compared to traditional logbooks.

Main Result

Absolute Event Rate: 0% vs 0%

Abstract

These results support integrating simple, alert-enabled apps such as the Fluid Heart Tracker into HF programs to strengthen self-care and reduce preventable admissions.

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Caples et al. (Thu,) reported a other. Using the Fluid Heart Tracker app improved self-care and helped reduce preventable hospital admissions in heart failure patients.

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