Perceptions and Practice of Labor Pain-Relief Methods among Health Professionals Conducting Delivery in Minia Maternity Units in Egypt

Table 4

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%)