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Alternating‐pressure mattress vs alternating‐pressure mattress overlay

Pressure ulcer improvement · varied

Alternating‐pressure mattress showed no clear difference in pressure ulcer improvement compared with alternating‐pressure mattress overlay (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Support surfaces for treating pressure ulcers 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.97 [0.8, 1.17]
1 study · 158 participants
Low

Alternating‐pressure mattress vs alternating‐pressure mattress overlay

The proportion of pressure ulcers healed · varied

Alternating‐pressure mattress showed no clear difference in pressure ulcer healing compared with alternating‐pressure mattress overlay (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Support surfaces for treating pressure ulcers 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.96 [0.58, 1.6]
1 study · 113 participants
Low

Alternating‐pressure mattress vs air‐filled devices

The proportion of pressure ulcers healed · people with pressure ulcers

Alternating‐pressure mattress showed no clear difference in proportion of patients with healed pressure ulcer compared with air‐filled devices (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Support surfaces for treating pressure ulcers 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 5.5 [0.73, 41.44]
1 study · 50 participants
Low