Table 1

Barriers for Training in, and Completion of, Systematic Review of the Literature


Agree
Disagree
Valid Answers*

Number
Percent
Number
Percent


Factors Interfering with Systematic Review Completion





     Lack of Time
47
80%
12
20%
59
     Lack of Financial Support
20
36%
36
64%
56
     Methodological Difficulties
13
23%
43
77%
56
     Recently Completed Training and Yet to Start Review
13
22%
45
78%
58
     Lack of Institutional Encouragement/Support
12
21%
44
79%
56
     Working on a Systematic Review Outside of Cochrane
9
16%
46
84%
55
     Difficulty Locating Trials
8
15%
47
85%
55
     Problems with Group Dynamics
6
10%
52
90%
58
     Loss of Interest
2
3%
56
97%
58
Training issues





     Training Too Infrequent
16
25%
47
75%
63
     Training Too Inconvenient to Attend
9
13%
58
87%
67
     Training Too Far Away
7
11%
58
89%
65
     Training Assumes Too Much Prerequisite Knowledge
7
11%
59
89%
66
     Training Too Long
2
3%
65
97%
67

*74 surveys analysed, with some questions not applicable or not answered.

Piehl et al. BMC Health Services Research 2002 2:11   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-2-11