Barriers to engaging with technology
| Patient and caregiver perspectives on barriers to digital engagement | Professional perspectives on barriers to digital engagement |
| Increasing age and lack of familiarity | Older and frailer patients |
| Lack of interest, does not fit within current lifestyle | Unsuitable for patients with cognitive impairment or decreased conscious levels |
| Financial costs of purchasing technology and maintaining internet connection | Potential for technological interventions to add to professional workload |
| Interaction with technology is stressful | Practical barriers of integrating digital data into NHS systems and infrastructure |
| Concerns about personal data security (mainly financial data) | Culture of resistance to change within NHS |
| Low levels of literacy | Technology can detract from human aspect of medicine and face-to-face communication with patients |
| Less likely to feel like interacting when in pain or generally unwell, potential to be burdensome. If used regularly for symptom monitoring may draw attention to symptoms | Inconsistent access to cellular data signal in rural locations |