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Table 5 Barriers for CKD primary care physicians’ exercise counseling for CKD patient

From: Primary care physicians’ own exercise habits influence exercise counseling for patients with chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study

Barrier

Number (%)

No interest

11 (3.2)

Inadequate knowledge on the effects of exercise

204 (58.6)

Concern that exercise may impair renal function and cause complications

113 (32.5)

Inadequate knowledge to prescribe exercise for CKD patients

234 (67.2)

Inadequate time

21 (6.0)

Others

21 (6.0)

  1. Abbreviation: CKD chronic kidney disease.