Honey vs topical antibiotics: Wound healing
It is very uncertain whether honey changes wound healing (mean time to healing): honey versus SSD compared with topical antibiotics (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Honey vs topical antibiotics Wound healing (mean time to healing): honey versus SSD · people with burns It is very uncertain whether honey changes wound healing (mean time to healing): honey versus SSD compared with topical antibiotics (very low certainty). Antiseptics for burns (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 6 studies · 712 participants | Very low |
Honey vs topical antibiotics Wound healing (number of healing events): honey versus SSD · people with burns Honey may leads to higher wound healing (number of healing events): honey versus SSD compared with topical antibiotics (low certainty). Antiseptics for burns (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 2.18 [1.15, 4.13] | 4 studies · 318 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antiseptics for burns 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.