Applications used in the context of Acute Myocardial Infarction: a scoping review

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.1594512405061

• Palavras-chave: Mobile applications, Acute myocardial infarction, Nursing informatics.

• Keywords: Mobile applications, Acute myocardial infarction, Nursing informatics.

• Abstract:

  Objective: Describe how mobile applications are used in the context of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)). Method: This is a scoping review conducted according to the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology with the writing guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews Checklist. The search was carried out in reference databases using the descriptors “Mobile applications”, “Acute myocardial infarction;” and “Informatics in Nursing”, with the Boolean operator “and”, without time frame.  Results: Gray literature was included through research on search engines and application stores. Analysis of the results was conducted by two independent reviewers. 876 articles were identified and after applying the inclusion criteria, 69 studies were selected. Of these, 19 described the development and validation of systems and 36 about the results of the application of Mhealth devices in the management of patients after AMI. In app stores, only 20 were evaluated for addressing IAM. And 9 studies on applications described the validation of the tool. Conclusion: It was possible to identify that mobile applications have been used as a health education tool in the AMI scenario. However, studies are needed to validate these technologies.