ReviewCardiology2021
Review of Digitalized Patient Education in Cardiology: A Future Ahead?
Review in Cardiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed.
- Importance of digital media in patient education for transcatheter aortic valve implantation.World journal of cardiology · 2026Trial
- Mobile-First Web Access and Captioned Video in Francophone Cardiology Education: Multicountry Ecological Learning Analytics Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Observational
- Evaluation of a digital patient education programme in patients with coronary artery disease, a survey-based study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Patient Contentment Regarding Health Education Services at King Saud Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2024Article
- Use of virtual reality in patient education program to reduce anxiety in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: A randomized controlled trial.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2024Article
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- Oral health education strategies for patients living with cardiovascular disease within hospital settings: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Feasibility of a Virtual Educational Programme for Behaviour Change in Cardiac Patients from a Low-Resource Setting.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Alternative Means of Informed Consent in Cardiology: Strategies and Effectiveness in a Group of Italian Patients.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- 360° Virtual reality to improve patient education and reduce anxiety towards atrial fibrillation ablation.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2023Observational
- The power of visuals: taking patient education to the next level.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2023Article
- Health Literacy Analytics of Accessible Patient Resources in Cardiovascular Medicine: What are Patients Wanting to Know?Kansas journal of medicine · 2023Article
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- Smartphone application improves fertility treatment-related literacy in a large-scale virtual randomized controlled trial in Japan.NPJ digital medicine · 2021Article
- Patient Perspective: We have embraced digital technologies to support arrhythmia patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.Cardiovascular digital health journal · 2021Article
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- Pumps, Wires and Pipes: Translating Medicine for our Patients.Journal of patient experience · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionAn increased focus on shared decision-making and patient empowerment in cardiology and on patient outcomes such as quality of life (QoL), depression, and anxiety underline the importance of high-quality patient education. Studies focusing on digital means of patient education performed in other disciplines of medicine demonstrated its positive effect in these areas. Therefore, a review of the current literature was performed to (i) evaluate the status of innovative, digitalized means of patient education in cardiology and (ii) assess the impact of digital patient education on outcome parameters (i.e., patient knowledge (or health literacy), QoL, depression, anxiety, and patient satisfaction).
methodA review of the current literature was performed to evaluate the effect of digitalized patient education for any purpose in the field of cardiology. Medline and EMBASE were searched for articles reporting any digital educational platform used for patient education up to May 2020. The articles were compared on their effect on patient knowledge or health literacy, QoL, depression or anxiety, and patient satisfaction.
resultsThe initial search yielded 279 articles, 34 of which were retained after applying in, and exclusion criteria. After full-text analysis, the total number of articles remaining was 16. Of these, 6 articles discussed the use of smartphone or tablet applications as a means of patient education, whereas 3 reviewed web-based content, and 7 evaluated the use of video (2 three-dimensional videos, from which one on a virtual reality headset).
conclusionThis review demonstrates that digital patient education increases patient knowledge. Overall, digital education increases QoL and lowers feelings of depression and anxiety. The majority of patients express satisfaction with digital platforms. It remains important that developers of digital patient education platforms remain focused on clear, structured, and comprehensible information presentation.
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