A Self-care Mobile Health App in Individuals With Heart Failure

This study was designed to determine the potential benefits that individuals with heart failure (HF) could experience from using a mobile application.

The mobile application is called the Heart Failure Health Storylines (HFHS). The potential benefits will be examined by determining the changes in physical activity and quality of life of the participants, who will use the application and compare the results with the participants, who will not use the application.

The participants will be instructed to continue their daily routine, track their daily steps with a pedometer, and record their daily steps on the "Activity Log" paper form.

The participants will be trained how to use the mobile application (Heart Failure Health Storyline (HFHS)) to track their health status, physical activity, manage their medications schedule, and explore the other features that the application has. Additionally, they will receive a pedometer to track their daily steps and record their data on the mobile application.

The participants will be educated to use the HFHS application to monitor their daily vital signs (HR, BP, body weight), physical activity, and medications for 4 weeks. The research team will monitor their data entry remotely via the HFHS App. The team will text the participant via the App if one or more of following conditions is noted: The vital signs show undesired readings The records on the HFHS App show that the participant did not take the medications as the schedule says In addition, the team will call the participant 3 days later to follow up regarding the participant's action towards the text message that the team sent.

The Quality of Experience (QoE) survey will be used to measure the quality of experience in using the mobile application

Inclusion Criteria: Adults with chronic heart failure, class I - III based on New York Heart Association (NYHA) scale Walking independently with/without an assistive device Exclusion Criteria: The participant will be excluded if one or more of the following is present Cognitive impairment (< 26 on Montreal Cognitive Assessment). Uncorrected vision Hearing problems Neurological disorders. Cannot speak and read the English language, Not owning a smart cell phone with internet access.