Hydropolymer foam dressing vs silicone foam dressing: Incidence of healed pressure ulcers, short‐term
It is very uncertain whether hydropolymer foam dressing changes incidence of healed pressure ulcers, short‐term compared with silicone foam dressing (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Hydropolymer foam dressing vs silicone foam dressing Incidence of healed pressure ulcers, short‐term · people of any age with an existing pressure ulcer of Category/Stage II or above It is very uncertain whether hydropolymer foam dressing changes incidence of healed pressure ulcers, short‐term compared with silicone foam dressing (very low certainty). Foam dressings for treating pressure ulcers (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.89 [0.45, 1.75] | 1 study · 38 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foam dressings for treating pressure ulcers 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.