Mobile Phone Interventions for the Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 639-650

  Park, Linda G ^a   Beatty, Alexis ^b,c   Stafford, Zoey ^a   Whooley, Mary A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Mobile applications; Mobile health; Mobile phone; Systematic review; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; E-MAIL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SELF CARE; SMARTPHONE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMONITORING; TEXT MESSAGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEVICES; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TELEMEDICINE;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELL PHONES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84966473580     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2016.03.002     Document Type: Review

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