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Table 1 Barriers for Training in, and Completion of, Systematic Review of the Literature

From: Training practitioners in preparing systematic reviews: a cross-sectional survey of participants in the Australasian Cochrane Centre training program

 

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

  1. *74 surveys analysed, with some questions not applicable or not answered.