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Barriers to use of labor pain-relief methods in health care settings, using the four-point Likert scale.
| Barriers | N = 234 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disagree | Strongly agree | Agree | Strongly disagree | |
| Patient-related factors | 186 (79.5%) | 21 (9%) | 27 (11.5%) | 0 (0%) |
| Clinician-related factors | 54 (23.1%) | 69 (29.5%) | 75 (32.1%) | 36 (15.4) |
| Hospital-related factors | 0 (0%) | 120 (51.3%) | 111 (47.4%) | 3 (1.3%) |
| Mixed | 12 (5.1%) | 153 (65.4%) | 21 (9%) | 48 (20.5%) |
