Table 4.
Barriers for delivering risk reduction therapy in patients with peripheral arterial disease as viewed by physicians participated in the survey expressed in percentage
| Barriers | Family physicians (N = 20) |
General internists (N = 17) |
Cardiologists (N = 8) |
Vascular surgeons (N = 6) |
All (N = 51) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lack of knowledge of treating physicians about PAD | 10.0 | 5.9 | 12.5 | 0 | 7.8 |
| Lack of PAD management guidelines | 35.0 | 29.4 | 0 | 16.7 | 25.5 |
| Absence of continuing education about risk reduction therapy for PAD | 10.0 | 23.5 | 25.0 | 16.7 | 17.6 |
| Absence of vascular medicine specialist | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Combination of all above factors | 40.0 | 41.2 | 62.5 | 66.6 | 47.1 |