Table 4.

Participant responses to a list of causes of medical errors

Cause	Number (%)
	Yes	No
Uncaring health care professional	80 (48.5)	85 (51.5)
Lack of training	76 (46)	89 (54)
Work overload	70 (42)	95 (58)
Lack of time spend with the patient	64 (39)	101 (61)
Shortage of doctors	57 (34.5)	108 (65.5)
Poor handwriting	37 (22)	128 (78)
Poor supervision	33 (20)	132 (80)
Complexity of medical care	26 (16)	139 (84)
Shortage of paramedical	24 (14.5)	141 (85.5)
Shortage of nurses	21 (13)	144 (87)
Lack of computerized medical record	11 (7)	154 (93)