Smartphone-RCCT

Smartphone-RCCT compiles randomized controlled trials of smartphone health applications to support evidence synthesis and evaluation of interventions for managing chronic conditions.

Key Features:

• Inclusive Criteria: Includes RCTs published in peer-reviewed journals enrolling adult participants diagnosed with one or more chronic conditions where the intervention is a smartphone health application used by patients, with any comparator accepted, outcomes restricted to patient-reported health outcomes (excluding studies solely on disease knowledge or app user satisfaction), and a minimum of 15 participants per study arm.
• Comprehensive Data Collection: Extracts bibliographic references and key trial characteristics for each RCT to support evidence synthesis and further research.
• Dynamic Updates: Updated on an annual basis to incorporate newly published randomized trials of smartphone health applications for chronic conditions.

Scientific Applications:

• Evidence synthesis and meta-research: Enables systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and meta-epidemiological studies of smartphone-based interventions for chronic conditions.
• Clinical implementation research: Supports assessment of evidence for integrating smartphone applications into clinical practice for chronic disease management.
• Trial design and planning: Informs investigators designing new RCTs by identifying existing studies and gaps in the literature.

Methodology:

Systematic searches across electronic databases and other resources were conducted to identify RCTs, and two independent reviewers performed study selection and data extraction.