Psychological interventions vs usual care: Number of foot ulcer recurrences
- Population
- adults with diabetes with current or previous foot ulceration
- Intervention
- Psychological interventions
- Comparison
- usual care
- Outcome
- Number of foot ulcer recurrences
It is very uncertain whether psychological intervention changes number of foot ulcer recurrences at 1 year compared with standard care (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Psychological intervention vs standard care Number of foot ulcer recurrences at 1 year · adults with diabetes with current or previous foot ulceration It is very uncertain whether psychological intervention changes number of foot ulcer recurrences at 1 year compared with standard care (very low certainty). Psychological interventions for treating foot ulcers, and preventing their recurrence, in people with diabetes (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.67 | 2 studies · 54 participants | Very low |
Psychological intervention vs standard care Number of foot ulcer recurrences at 6 months · adults with diabetes with current or previous foot ulceration It is very uncertain whether psychological intervention changes number of foot ulcer recurrences at 6 months compared with standard care (very low certainty). Psychological interventions for treating foot ulcers, and preventing their recurrence, in people with diabetes (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.63 | 2 studies · 54 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychological interventions for treating foot ulcers, and preventing their recurrence, in people with diabetes 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
Related questions
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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.