Table 3.

Prioritization of common barriers to CVD risk reduction by the physicians.

Barrier	Barrier of first priority		Barrier of second priority		Barrier of third priority
	No	%	No	%	No	%
Non-compliance	13	38.2	8	23.5	5	14.7
Lack of understanding of the disease	8	23.5	7	20.6	4	11.8
Difficult access	6	17.6	1	2.9	0	0.0
Financial constraints	4	11.8	10	29.4	15	44.1
Attitude of the patient	2	5.9	3	8.8	2	5.9
Lack of social support	1	2.9	0	0.0	0	0.0
Many opinions from different physicians			1	2.9	2	5.9
No standard guidelines			3	8.8	1	2.9
Seek alternate medicine first			1	2.9	0	0.0
Poor explanation by doctors					2	5.9
Too much advice from different people					2	5.9
Doctor shopping					1	2.9