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Table 1 Study Characteristics

From: The effect of mobile applications for improving adherence in cardiac rehabilitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author and Country

Study design

CVD population

Sample size

Mean age

%female

Intervention/Control

Intervention duration

Forman et al.2014, USA [22]

quasi-experimental study

phaseIICR

26

59 (43–76)

23

I: HC mobile app + CR no controlled

30 days

Harzand et al.2018, USA [23]

quasi-experimental study

CHD referred to CR

21

65

0

I: commercially available smartphone platform+ CR; no controlled

12 weeks

Laustsen et al. 2018, Denmark [24]

quasi-experimental study

CR

34

58 (25–72)

18

I: SportsMedicin app with HR monitoring + CR; no controlled

12 weeks

Rosario et al.2018, Australia [25]

RCT

CR

66

ns

ns

I: STAHR app with health monitoring + CR; C: TCR

6 weeks

Skobel et al.2017, German [26]

RCT

phaseIICR

118

59 (45–73)

11

I: GEx system intervention + CR; C: TCR

6 weeks

Varnfield et al.2014, Australia [27]

RCT

post-MI referred to CR

94

55

13

I: CAP-CR; C: TCR

6 weeks

Widmer et al.2015, USA [28]

Controlled, non-Randomized before–after study

ACS referred to CR

76

66

27

I1: PHA mobile app + CR;

I2: PHA mobile app + P-CR; C1: TCR; C2: P-TCR

3 months

Widmer et al. 2017, USA [29]

RCT

ACS referred to CR

71

63

18

I: PHA mobile app + TCR; C: TCR

3 months

  1. Key: CVD Cardiovascular Disease, CR Cardiac Rehabilitation, I Intervention Group, C Controlled Group, RCT Randomized Controlled Trial, CHD Coronary Heart Disease, MI Myocardial infarction, ACS Acute Coronary Syndrome, NS Not Specified, HC Heart Coach, STARHR Smartphone Technology and Heart Rehabilitation, GEx Guide Exercise, APP Application, CAP Care Assessment Platform, PHA Personal Health Assistant, TCR Traditional Cardiac Rehabilitation, P-CR Post Cardiac Rehabilitation, HR Heart Rate