Effectiveness of Cardiac Rehabilitation With mHealth Through Smartphone Functionalities: A Systematic Review Protocol.

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality worldwide, requiring support to manage symptoms and improve prognosis. Home-based cardiac rehabilitation is a realistic resource for this purpose, but it requires patients' self-management skills in order to change behaviours. Smartphones are considered mHealth technology (mobile technological resources in healthcare) and have the potential to provide modalities for delivery of cardiac rehabilitation.