Mobile Education and Telephone Monitoring for ICD Patients: Effects on Anxiety, Acceptance, and Self-Efficacy

The study had three phases: pre-test, implementation, and post-test. Data were collected twice, before the intervention and in the third month, using validated scales and a shock management simulation via the mobile training program (M-ICDEP). M-ICDEP included three sections: an educational section, a two-page summary, and a shock management simulation. All sections were shared with the intervention group. After the pre-test, intervention group patients could log in to M-ICDEP anytime using their email and password, accessing content repeatedly during the three-month follow-up. The researcher conducted telephone follow-ups in the second, fifth, and eighth weeks, evaluating patients using the Telephone Calls Monitoring Form. The information given to the patients during the telephone conversation was continued within the limited of the training program prepared within the scope of M-ICDEP.

The study had three phases: pre-test, implementation, and post-test. Data were collected twice, before the intervention and in the third month, using validated scales and a shock management simulation via the mobile training program (M-ICDEP). M-ICDEP included three sections: an educational section, a two-page summary, and a shock management simulation. Only a two-page summary section were shared with the control group. After the pre-test, control group patients could log in to M-ICDEP anytime using their email and password, accessing the summary section repeatedly during the three-month follow-up. Routine outpatient follow-up was continued for the control group without any other intervention.