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Smartphone ownership in patients with cardiovascular disease has not previously been examined.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n This study aimed to examine and compare pre\u2013COVID-19 and post\u2013COVID-19 pandemic smartphone ownership rates of inpatients admitted with coronary artery disease or heart failure.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n Data from prescreening logs of 2 multicenter randomized controlled trials, TeleClinical Care (TCC)-Pilot and TCC-Cardiac, were reviewed. TCC-Pilot recruited patients between February 2019 and March 2020. This formed the pre\u2013COVID-19 cohort, with 377 patients screened who lived in Sydney, had a qualifying hospital admission, and had information regarding their phone ownership status. TCC-Cardiac recruited patients from July 2021 to February 2023, with 718 patients meeting the criteria and forming the post\u2013COVID-19 cohort. Supplemental patient demographic and medical history data were collected from the electronic medical record.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n In the pre\u2013COVID-19 cohort (N=377), 194 (51.5%) patients owned smartphones, 79 (21%) owned phones that were incompatible with the mHealth intervention, and the remaining 104 (27.6%) did not own a mobile phone. Smartphone owners were predominantly male (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n <.001) and more often had private health insurance (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n =.002). In the post\u2013COVID-19 cohort (N=718), 366 (51%) patients owned smartphones, 106 (14.8%) owned incompatible phones, and the remaining 246 (34.3%) did not own any mobile phone. In both cohorts, younger patients were more likely to own smartphones (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n <.001). Multiple comorbidities were associated with not owning a phone.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n Smartphone ownership accounted for just over 50% of the patients in this population. It was less common among older adults, patients with comorbidities, and those with markers of lower socioeconomic status. 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