Question · asked by 1 review
Alternating pressure (active) air surfaces vs foam surfaces: Support surface associated patient comfort
- Population
- people with pressure ulcers
- Intervention
- Alternating pressure (active) air surfaces
- Comparison
- foam surfaces
- Outcome
- Support surface associated patient comfort
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Alternating pressure (active) air surfaces vs foam surfaces Support surface‐associated patient comfort ( · people with pressure ulcers Beds, overlays and mattresses for treating pressure ulcers (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 39 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beds, overlays and mattresses for treating pressure ulcers 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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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.