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Table 3 Reported challenges

From: A scoping review of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS), protocol implementation, and its impact on surgical outcomes and healthcare systems in Africa

Challenges in adopting the protocol

Number of articles

Adherence to protocols (Loots et al. 2023; Ammar et al. 2023; Mohamed Ibrahim et al. 2023; Ahmed et al. 2023; Abdelrazik and Sanad 2023)

5

Multidisciplinary collaboration (Plenge et al. 2023; Ahmed et al. 2023; Abdelrazik and Sanad 2023)

3

Resistance to change (Oodit et al. 2021; Ammar et al. 2023; Plenge et al. 2023)

3

Research design limitation (Mohamed Ibrahim et al. 2023; Ahmed et al. 2023; Elgamal et al. 2023)

3

Lacked standardization (Fathy et al. 2023; Loots et al. 2023)

2

Lack of trained staff and awareness (Ammar et al. 2023; Plenge et al. 2023)

2

Patient education (Ahmed et al. 2023)

1

Difficulty of conducting preoperative optimization (Elsabbagh et al. 2023)

1

Resource limitation (Elsabbagh et al. 2023)

1