Cardiovascular diseases are the world’s leading cause of death accounting for over one third of all deaths in adults aged over 35 years. High blood pressure, known as hypertension, is the most common modifiable risk factor of cardiovascular diseases. It has already been known that preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases will bring significant long-term effects at regional and global levels for reducing the burden of these diseases, decreasing disability-adjusted life years, and improving life expectancy.
Mobile health, known as mHealth, is defined as the use of portable electronic devices with software applications to provide health services and manage patient information. With the rapid development of mobile technologies, mHealth interventions have great potential of strengthening healthcare systems in preventing and treating hypertension through increasing people’s access to quality healthcare, promoting effective health education, tracking real-time health behaviors, and enhancing the quality of healthcare services.
The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases is high and is increasing in many regions of the world, particularly in low- and middle-income countries due to various environmental and behavioral determinants, such as environment pollutions, climate change, geographic barriers, poor transportation infrastructure, lack of awareness, medication nonadherence, consumption of tobacco and alcohol, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, sleep disorder, stress, or other chronic health conditions. Using mHealth interventions to prevent and improve these determinants is important, but this field is understudied. To implement mHealth strategies in real clinical and community settings, more research is needed to study a variety of topics, including the feasibility and acceptability of using mHealth interventions, facilitators and barriers associated with mHealth strategies, and the efficaciousness and effectiveness of mHealth interventions. In this Research Topic, we aim to capture the current status of mHealth interventions designed to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases and identify factors influencing the implementation of mHealth interventions in real-world settings.
The scope of this Research Topic is broad and covers any research that is related to preventing or treating cardiovascular diseases or their associated factors. It includes but is not limited to studies to promote healthy behaviors, improve environmental factors, change attitudes, or raise awareness. We welcome research using mobile technologies, such as mobile phones, GPS navigation devices, wearable devices, web browsers, and instant messaging, or new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, virtual reality, augmented reality, or chatbot technology to prevent or treat cardiovascular diseases or its associated factors. Also, we welcome research projects and commentaries on the future trends and directions of using mHealth strategies to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases.
Topic Editor Dr. Erin Spaulding is a consultant to Corrie Health. Dr. Seth Martin is a founder of and holds equity in Corrie Health. The other Topic Editors declare no competing interests with regard to the Research Topic subject.
Cardiovascular diseases are the world’s leading cause of death accounting for over one third of all deaths in adults aged over 35 years. High blood pressure, known as hypertension, is the most common modifiable risk factor of cardiovascular diseases. It has already been known that preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases will bring significant long-term effects at regional and global levels for reducing the burden of these diseases, decreasing disability-adjusted life years, and improving life expectancy.
Mobile health, known as mHealth, is defined as the use of portable electronic devices with software applications to provide health services and manage patient information. With the rapid development of mobile technologies, mHealth interventions have great potential of strengthening healthcare systems in preventing and treating hypertension through increasing people’s access to quality healthcare, promoting effective health education, tracking real-time health behaviors, and enhancing the quality of healthcare services.
The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases is high and is increasing in many regions of the world, particularly in low- and middle-income countries due to various environmental and behavioral determinants, such as environment pollutions, climate change, geographic barriers, poor transportation infrastructure, lack of awareness, medication nonadherence, consumption of tobacco and alcohol, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, sleep disorder, stress, or other chronic health conditions. Using mHealth interventions to prevent and improve these determinants is important, but this field is understudied. To implement mHealth strategies in real clinical and community settings, more research is needed to study a variety of topics, including the feasibility and acceptability of using mHealth interventions, facilitators and barriers associated with mHealth strategies, and the efficaciousness and effectiveness of mHealth interventions. In this Research Topic, we aim to capture the current status of mHealth interventions designed to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases and identify factors influencing the implementation of mHealth interventions in real-world settings.
The scope of this Research Topic is broad and covers any research that is related to preventing or treating cardiovascular diseases or their associated factors. It includes but is not limited to studies to promote healthy behaviors, improve environmental factors, change attitudes, or raise awareness. We welcome research using mobile technologies, such as mobile phones, GPS navigation devices, wearable devices, web browsers, and instant messaging, or new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, virtual reality, augmented reality, or chatbot technology to prevent or treat cardiovascular diseases or its associated factors. Also, we welcome research projects and commentaries on the future trends and directions of using mHealth strategies to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases.
Topic Editor Dr. Erin Spaulding is a consultant to Corrie Health. Dr. Seth Martin is a founder of and holds equity in Corrie Health. The other Topic Editors declare no competing interests with regard to the Research Topic subject.