Table 5: The most important
barriers of evidence-based prescription of antihypertensives among trainees
perceiving their practice as not evidence-based
(I) Basic trainees
(II) Higher trainees
Potential Barriers
Hospital-based
Community-based
(1)
Time
8 / 22
9 / 14
0 / 6
(2)
Cost issues
5 / 22
2 / 14
4 / 6
(3)
Lack of motivation
3 / 22
1 / 14
2 / 6
( 4)
Lack of universal consensus on prescription
1 / 22
0 / 14
1 / 6
(5)
Access to literature
1 / 22
1 / 14
0 / 6
(6)
Administrative issues (e.g. drug availability, clinic
limitation)