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Table 4 Barriers of rehabilitation service utilization at cancer center of Black Lion hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 2014

From: Rehabilitation for cancer patients at Black Lion hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Barriers

Category

Frequency

Percent

Unavailability

Yes

181

63.3

No

105

36.7

Lack of professionals

Yes

150

49.3

No

154

50.7

Cost

Yes

86

28.4

No

216

71.3

Inaccessibility

Yes

124

46.8

No

141

53.2

Lack of support

Yes

37

14.1

No

226

85.9

Lack of resource

Yes

14

5.5

No

242

94.5

Dissatisfaction with the program

Yes

11

4.3

No

244

95.7

Acute illness

Yes

8

3.1

No

247

96.9

Side effect of treatment

Yes

11

4.3

No

244

95.7

Musculoskeletal injury

Yes

9

3.5

No

246

96.5

Hopelessness

Yes

12

4.6

No

248

95.4

Lack of referral

Yes

52

19.8

No

211

80.2

Lack of awareness

Yes

128

44.6

No

159

55.4

Lack of knowledge of family members

Failure to identify acute illness

Yes

112

40.6

No

164

59.4

Yes

19

87.4

No

239

92.6

Other

Yes

25

6.5

No

362

93.5