WhatsApp-assisted health education intervention

The acknowledgment of social media as a strategy in health education is essential, providing benefits to promotion and the prevention treatment comorbidities. This study assessed contribution WhatsApp use on prognosis medical conditions its impact enhancing quality life. review protocol used PubMed Web Science databases, followed PRISMA-E 2012 guidelines, was registered PROSPERO (Nº2021232688), risk bias analyzed Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing bias. Thirteen studies (n = 1653 participants) were selected showed evidence metabolic parameters such reducing blood pressure (7.6%); body mass index-BMI glycated haemoglobin-HbA1c (15.4%); resting heart rate increase static balance (7.6%) reduced weight (7.6%). Furthermore, specific findings each intervention demonstrated, diminished rates relapse substance users increased populational knowledge chronic diseases (23%) associated with decrease potential complications (7.6%), rise adhesion follow-up pregnant patients progress oral hygiene (15.4%). Therefore, it concluded that this demonstrated significant magnitude progression complication disorders.