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Table 4 Centre-related barriers

From: Identifying important barriers to recruitment of patients in randomised clinical studies using a questionnaire for study personnel

Factors in questionnaire

n

%

Lack of time and resources

92

72

Absence of a research nurse

40

31

Lack of experience and organisation of research

22

17

Absence of a local principal investigator

15

12

Insufficient incentives and rewards

14

11

Competing trials

11

9

Insufficient training in the trial-specific instruments

7

5

Insufficient financial compensation

7

5

Insufficient training in GCP

6

5

Concern that participation in the trial might harm the patient

4

3

  1. n denotes the number of alternatives 4 and 5 on a Likert scale: 1 (completely disagree), 3 (partially agree) and 5 (completely agree)