Table 5.

Summary of emerging research questions.

	Directions for future research
1	Which strategies should be prioritised to overcome common barriers to self-management technology use by older adults, enabling those with limited private funds, or limited technology skills?
2	Which specific and/or diverse groups (clinical and demographic) within UK communities would most benefit from the use of self-management technologies to manage their long-term health conditions? What are the unique barriers to use and access to technologies for these groups?
3	Building on the Topol review and in relation to this study, research should consider: What are the specific digital skills gap in the health and social care workforce that should be addressed to enable staff to be confident providers and advisors of assistive technologies for all?
4	What are the technology needs of family carers who use self-management technologies to support an older person with a long-term condition? What are the particular needs of those caring for people living with dementia?
5	How can online peer support groups built into the provision of self-management technologies and patient and carer education programmes be further developed to meet condition specific and demographic specific needs and thereby benefit the management of long-term health conditions?
6	How can we co-create future technologies for people with multiple long-term conditions so they offer multiple functions and ‘joined up’ data collections, while not overburdening the user?
7	How can we address issues of trust in new self-management technologies and regaining trust where users have previously had poor experiences?
8	How can design be employed to reduce the impact of poverty on accepting and maintaining the use of technologies?