Table 3. Summary of interventions and outcome characteristics of included articles.

Author	Study type	Follow-up period	Target population	Number of participants	Intervention type	Comparison strategy (intervention vs control)	Goal of intervention	Result
Morawski et al (15) -United States -2018	Randomized controlled clinical trial	3 months	People with uncontrolled hypertension who take between 1 and 3 antihypertensive medications.	411 patients (209 in the intervention group and 202 in the control group) aged 18 to 75 years	Using the Smartphone Medisafe application to improve medication use and blood pressure control	Lack of receiving any intervention	Assisting people in self-monitoring and adherence to prescribed treatments	Significant improvement in medication adherence was observed, but there was no significant difference between the intervention and the control group in systolic blood pressure.
Kim et al (11) -United States -2016	Randomized controlled clinical trial	2 months	People with hypertension who take at least one or more antihypertensive medications.	95 patients (52 in the intervention group and 43 in the control group) with a mean age of 57 years	Using a wireless monitoring system and HealthyCircles application for self-management of the disease	Receiving services through in-person referring to service center	Positive behavioral change, adherence to medication orders and improving blood pressure	There was a significant decrease in smoking in the intervention group compared to the control group. However, changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressure, adherence to medication orders, and alcohol consumption were not statistically significant.
Bengtsson et al (16) -Sweden -2015	Before and after clinical trial	6 months	People over 30 who were under treatment for hypertension.	51 patients (50 in intervention group and 51 in control group)	Using a mobile web application for self-care and patient encouragement	The routine treatment process	Improving blood pressure changes through self-care	There was a significant reduction in blood pressure levels after the intervention compared to before the intervention.
Chandler et al(14) -Spain -2019	Randomized clinical trial	9 months	People with hypertension who are under medication treatment	54 people (26 in intervention group and 28 in ESC group)	Using the SMASH system including mobile application adapted to Android and iOS and GSM system as well as a Bluetooth for monitoring blood pressure	Receiving educational sms that sometimes contain instructive video links.	Improve blood pressure and adherence to medication orders	Significant improvement in blood pressure was observed in the SMASH group compared to the ESC group, but the changes in adherence to medication orders were not significant.
Lee et al (1) -Vietnam -2018	Before and after clinical trial	3 months	People with hypertension	234 patients (36 in intervention group and 198 in control group)	Using a self-care mobile application and holding two distance sessions for educating patients	The routine treatment process	Improving the blood pressure	A significant decrease in blood pressure was observed in the intervention group compared to the control group.
Zha et al (5) -unites states -2019	Randomized controlled clinical trial	6 months	Hypertension patients with low income	25 people (12 in the intervention group and 13 in the control group)	Use blood pressure and heart rate measuring device (BP7 iHealth) connected to your mobile phone via Bluetooth.	Receiving standard cares	Improving blood pressure, adherence to blood pressure monitoring and medication orders	Reduction in blood pressure and improvement in adherence to continuous monitoring of blood pressure and adherence to medication orders were not significant. Among the life quality level factors, only the score of general health showed significant improvement