Hydrogel dressings vs basic wound contact dressing
Adverse event data (wound infection and pain during treatment) · people with pressure ulcers
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted0 studies · 3 participantsGRADE not reported
Findings
What do systematic reviews say?
1,562 questions · 1,645 findings · 107 reviews · Wounds
No studies found 651 · 39.6%GRADE not reported 84 · 5.1%Very low 554 · 33.7%Low 283 · 17.2%Moderate 64 · 3.9%High 9 · 0.5%
Hydrogel dressings vs hydrocolloid dressing
Ulcer healing · people with pressure ulcers
Hydrogel dressings showed no clear difference in proportion of ulcers completely healed compared with hydrocolloid dressings (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 1 [0.22, 4.56]1 study · 10 participantsLow
Hydrogel dressings vs hydrocolloid dressing
Adverse events · people with pressure ulcers
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 10 participantsGRADE not reported
Hydrogel dressings vs hydrogel dressing
Ulcer healing · people with pressure ulcers
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extractedStudies not reportedNo studies found
Hydrogel dressings vs hydrogel dressing
Wound infection · people with pressure ulcers
Hydrogel dressings showed no clear difference in adverse events (wound infection) compared with hydrogel dressings (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 0.13 [0.01, 2.44]1 study · 50 participantsLow
Hydrogel dressings vs hydrogel dressing
Adverse effects (wound pain) · people with pressure ulcers
Hydrogel dressings showed no clear difference in adverse events (wound‐related pain) compared with hydrogel dressings (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 1.92 [0.01, 2.44]1 study · 47 participantsLow
Hydrogel dressings vs hydrogel dressing
Adverse events (pain on dressing removal) · people with pressure ulcers
Hydrogel dressings showed no clear difference in adverse events (pain on dressing removal) compared with hydrogel dressings (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 1.19 [0.8, 1.76]1 study · 42 participantsLow
Hydrogel dressings vs foam dressings
Ulcer healing · people with pressure ulcers
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 34 participantsGRADE not reported
Alginate dressing followed by hydrocolloid dressing vs hydrocolloid dressing
Change in wound size · people with pressure ulcers
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 110 participantsVery low
Alginate vs radiant heat system
Change in wound size · people with pressure ulcers
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 1105 participantsVery low
Alginate vs radiant heat system
Adverse event (pain) · people with pressure ulcers
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 50 participantsVery low
Alginate dressing followed by hydrocolloid dressing vs hydrocolloid dressing
Wound infection · people with pressure ulcers
It is very uncertain whether alginate dressing followed by hydrocolloid dressing changes wound infection compared with hydrocolloid dressing alone (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 2.79 [0.12, 67.1]1 study · 110 participantsVery low
Alginate dressing followed by hydrocolloid dressing vs hydrocolloid dressing
Adverse events · people with pressure ulcers
Alginate dressing followed by hydrocolloid dressing showed no clear difference in adverse events compared with hydrocolloid dressing alone (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 1.12 [0.36, 3.44]1 study · 110 participantsLow
Intervention not reported
Complete wound healing · patients with pressure ulcers
It is very uncertain whether the intervention changes complete wound healing (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 1.5 [0.17, 12.94]1 study · 36 participantsVery low
Intervention not reported
Adverse events · patients with pressure ulcers
It is very uncertain whether the intervention changes adverse events (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 0.5 [0.12, 2.12]1 study · 36 participantsVery low
Alginate vs dextranomer
Wound infection · people with pressure ulcers
It is very uncertain whether alginate changes wound infection compared with dextranomer paste (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 0.96 [0.14, 6.51]1 study · 92 participantsVery low
Alginate vs dextranomer
Adverse events · people with pressure ulcers
It is very uncertain whether alginate changes adverse events compared with dextranomer paste (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 0.38 [0.13, 1.13]1 study · 92 participantsVery low
Silver‐alginate dressing vs plain alginate
Change in wound size · people with pressure ulcers
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 110 participantsVery low
Silver‐alginate dressing vs plain alginate
Wound infection · people with pressure ulcers
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 28 participantsVery low
Negative pressure wound therapy vs usual care
Ulcer healing · people with leg ulcers undergoing a punch skin‐graft
Negative pressure wound therapy may leads to higher time to healing compared with standard care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- HR 3.2 [1.7, 6.2]1 study · 60 participantsLow