Research Article

Perspective of Pain Clinicians in Three Global Cities on Local Barriers to Providing Care for Chronic Noncancer Pain Patients

Table 1

Principal barriers in pain programs.

DomainThemesTorontoKuwaitKarachi

Infrastructure(1) Lack of general resourcesxxx
(2) Lack of human resourcesxxx
(3) Obstacles in hospital systemsxxx

Clinical services(4) System barriersxx
(5) Patients issuesxx
(6) Lack of communication/collaboration among providersx

Education(7) Shortage of systematic pain management education programx
(8) Lack of pain management knowledge among pain clinic staffxxx
(9) Lack of pain management knowledge by general physiciansxx
(10) Lack of education of patient populationxx

x: at least one key informant from the city indicated by the column heading reported a barrier that could be assigned to the barriers theme row.