Table 4 The mean and standard deviation between views of patients and physicians about using health information technology in hypertension management (Inhibitory factors)
Inhibitory factors | Patients | Specialist physicians | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Groups | Factors | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
Economic | Bad economic conditions of users | 3.23 | 1.03348 | 3.48 | 0.68333 |
High cost of setting up technology | 3.31 | 1.04209 | 3.35 | 0.66216 | |
Personal | Low education | 3.77 | 1.10368 | 3.60 | 0.70892 |
Old age | 3.61 | 1.25799 | 3.37 | 0.66747 | |
Low knowledge and awareness | 3.37 | 1.14664 | 3.45 | 0.71432 | |
Lack of technology literacy | 3.13 | 1.06735 | 3.75 | 0.86972 | |
Existence of physical problems | 3.30 | 1.19594 | 2.75 | 0.95407 | |
Desire for face-to-face communication between doctor and patient | 3.53 | 1.20693 | 3.38 | 0.67338 | |
Limited insight into the disease | 3.09 | 1.13008 | 3.60 | 1.00766 | |
Geographical location | 3.13 | 1.09340 | 3.55 | 0.81492 | |
The experience is a reflection of the previous experience | 3.05 | 1.10316 | 3.22 | 0.99968 | |
Increased patient stress | 2.81 | 1.18786 | 3.10 | 1.19400 | |
Lack of confidence in the presented content and self-monitoring | 3.30 | 0.92265 | 3.65 | 0.83359 | |
Ethnic and cultural problems | 3.01 | 0.95514 | 3.20 | 1.15913 | |
Resistance to change | 2.44 | 1.23771 | 3.95 | 0.81492 | |
Organizational | Lack of proper infrastructure | 3.27 | 0.86860 | 2.97 | 0.89120 |
Lack of policy and long-term plans | 3.21 | 0.91938 | 3.47 | 0.87669 | |
Technical | Incomprehensibility of technologies | 2.94 | 0.95109 | 3.10 | 0.87119 |
Lack of training in the use of technologies | 2.90 | 1.04677 | 3.10 | 1.00766 | |
Technical problems of technologies | 2.90 | 1.05959 | 3.25 | 0.83972 | |
A large volume of content and information that causes confusion | 2.92 | 1.08763 | 3.15 | 0.89299 | |
Internet and mobile phone access problem | 3.48 | 1.73274 | 3.62 | 0.77418 | |
Legal/Moral | Privacy concerns | 3.73 | 1.04719 | 3.50 | 0.90582 |
Concern for security | 3.72 | 1.15094 | 3.79 | 0.76707 | |