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Table 7 Barriers to hospital pharmacists’ use of Beers’ criteria for potentially inappropriate dispensing in elderly (n = 66)

From: Potentially inappropriate medication use in the elderly: physicians’ and hospital pharmacists knowledge, practice, confidence, and barriers

Variables

Yes

n (%)

No

n (%)

I don’t know

n (%)

Lack of time to counsel each of the patients.

45 (68.2)

14 (21.2)

7 (10.6)

Excess workload.

55 (83.3)

5 (7.6)

6 (9.1)

I hardly come in contact with elderly patients.

10 (15.2)

51 (77.3)

5 (7.6)

Lack of counseling skills.

4 (6.1)

58 (87.9)

4 (6.1)

Lack of knowledge of Beers’ criteria.

25 (37.9)

38 (57.6)

3 (4.5)

Lack of adequate information from the patient.

21 (31.8)

40 (60.6)

5 (7.6)

Impatient Patients.

32 (48.5)

29 (43.9)

5 (7.6)

Inability to follow-up patients.

49 (74.2)

12 (18.2)

5 (7.6)

Lack of acceptable Therapeutic alternatives.

38 (57.6)

20 (30.3)

8 (12.1)

Potential drug-drug interaction.

24 (36.4)

37 (56.1)

5 (7.6)

Cost of medication.

49 (74.2)

10 (15.1)

7 (10.6)

Lack of immediate access to information on the Beers’ criteria when required.

43 (65.2)

16 (24.2)

7 (10.6)

Inconvenient work environment, consultation room.

42 (63.6)

19 (28.8)

5 (7.6)

Communication Barrier.

45 (68.2)

17 (25.8)

4 (6.1)

Lack of financial incentives for additional counseling.

37 (56.1)

22 (33.3)

7 (10.6)