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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

"Help in a Heartbeat?": A Systematic Evaluation of Mobile Health Applications (Apps) for Coronary Heart Disease.

Chiara Mack, Yannik Terhorst, Mirjam Stephan, Harald Baumeister, Michael Stach, Eva-Maria Messner, Jürgen Bengel, Lasse B Sander

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Chiara MackDepartment of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg, Germany.
Yannik TerhorstDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology and Education, Ulm University, 89040 Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4091-5048
Mirjam StephanDepartment of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg, Germany.
Harald BaumeisterDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology and Education, Ulm University, 89040 Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2040-661X
Michael StachInstitute of Databases and Information Systems, Ulm University, 89040 Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9422-5523
Eva-Maria MessnerDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology and Education, Ulm University, 89040 Ulm, Germany.
Jürgen BengelDepartment of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg, Germany.
Lasse B SanderDepartment of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4222-9837

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) lifestyle changes and disease management are key aspects of treatment that could be facilitated by mobile health applications (MHA). However, the quality and functions of MHA for CHD are largely unknown, since reviews are missing. Therefore, this study assessed the general characteristics, quality, and functions of MHA for CHD. Hereby, the Google Play and Apple App stores were systematically searched using a web crawler. The general characteristics and quality of MHA were rated with the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) by two independent raters. From 3078 identified MHA, 38 met the pre-defined criteria and were included in the assessment. Most MHA were affiliated with commercial companies (52.63%) and lacked an evidence-base. An overall average quality of MHA (

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Coronary DiseaseMobile ApplicationsTelemedicineDelivery of Health CareHeart RateHumansappscoronary heart disease (CHD)eHealthmobile healthsystematic evaluation

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PMID34639623
PMCPMC8508430

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