• Emma Camino Ortega, Ana Baroja Gil de Gómez, Amelia González Gamarra, Miguel Angel Cuevas-Budhart, Jose Luis García Klepzig, and Mercedes Gómez Del Pulgar García-Madrid.
• Centro de Salud Goya, Servicio Madrileño de Salud (SERMAS), Madrid, España.
• Aten Primaria. 2023 Nov 1; 55 (11): 102734102734.

ObjectiveTo provide the best scientific evidence available on the effectiveness of therapeutic education programs through digital health in patients with heart failure.DesignSystematic review of randomized clinical trials.Data SourcesSix databases were included due to their relevance in Health Sciences: PubMed, EMBASE, Scielo, Cochrane, CINAHL, and Web of Science.Selection Of StudiesIn English and Spanish, studies carried out between 2018 and 2023 were selected. After evaluating the methodological quality of the studies, the Jadad tool was used to discriminate those that did not meet said quality. In total, 8 articles from 6 different countries were included.Data ExtractionThe review and analysis of the documents were carried out by independent pairs. The Cochrane tool for RoB 2 randomized clinical trials was used to assess the risk of bias.ResultsAll the applications had therapeutic education, it was also assessed that they had monitoring, evaluation of signs and symptoms, drug titration, and professional follow-up through the application.ConclusionThis review reveals the significant impact of therapeutic education in increasing patient knowledge, reducing hospital readmissions, and improving functional status and self-care. This makes digital health a valuable tool to complement nursing care in patients with heart failure.Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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