Table 3 Differences in barriers to providing end-of-life psychiatric care between health care providers of oncology and cardiology hospitals

A: Patients’ personal problems

56

(25.1)

33

(28.2)

23

(21.7)

1.25

0.26

B: Family members’ problems

38

(17.0)

24

(20.5)

14

(13.2)

2.10

0.15

 C: Professionals’ personal problems

65

(29.1)

30

(25.6)

35

(33.0)

1.47

0.23

D: Communication problems between professionals and patients

11

(4.9)

8

(6.8)

3

(2.8)

1.91

0.17

E: Problems specific to end-of-life care

34

(15.2)

13

(11.1)

21

(19.8)

3.26

0.07

 F: Problems specific to psychiatric care

23

(10.3)

11

(9.4)

12

(11.3)

0.22

0.64

G: Problems of institution or system

32

(14.3)

17

(14.5)

15

(14.2)

0.01

0.94

 H: Problems specific to non-cancer patients

22

(9.9)

1

(0.9)

21

(19.8)

22.48

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