Introduction:

Heart failure is a chronic and progressive disease, with high rates of hospital readmission, mortality and morbidity. As a chronic disease, it is essential that people adopt self-care practices to manage their disease more effectively. Digital health technologies, such as mobile applications, can work as facilitators for the self-care of people with heart failure.

Objective:

Identify the efficacy of mobile applications in the improvement of self-care in people with heart failure.

Methods:

Systematic review of the literature from the electronic databases - CINAHL Complete, MEDLINE Complete and SciELO carried out in january 2021. Articles published between may 2015 and december 2020 are considered.

Results:

The research resulted in 67 articles, and 7 of them were included in this review. The use of mobile applications led to improvements in the self-care of the participants from the various studies analysed.

Conclusion:

The results suggest that the use of mobile applications is effective in improving self-care in cases of heart failure.

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