Effects of Heart Failure-Smart Life mobile app program
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Of the 36 participants in the experimental group, 24 (66.7%) reported that they had participated in the mobile app program regularly (more than 5 days per week), including the participation in recording health check-up diary, 1:1 chat with the cardiac nurse, physical activity and exercise, dietary change, medication intake, and monitoring signs and symptoms according to the guidelines on the app by the 3 months follow-up. The average number of usage was 45.79 times over 3 months.Table Effects of the Heart Failure-Smart Life program*Adjusted for baseline age and systolic blood pressure. Exp., experimental group; Cont., control group; NYHA, the New York Heart Association; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; E/Ea, early mitral inflow velocity/early diastolic mitral annular velocityRegarding psychosocial factors, depression and QoL showed no significant differences between the two groups after 3 months. Regarding behavioral factors, there were no significant differences in medication adherence between the two groups after 3 months. As for self-management behavior, the mean score of the experimental group increased from 41.17 to 48.14 after 3 months, and that of the control group changed from 44.16 to 47.12. There were significant differences over time (