Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

4 questions · 4 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 1 · 25%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 3 · 75%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Time to complete healing · people of any age with an existing pressure ulcer of Category/Stage II or above

1 finding from 1 review

Foam dressings for treating pressure ulcers 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 34 participants
Very low

Adverse events, short‐term · people of any age with an existing pressure ulcer of Category/Stage II or above

It is very uncertain whether foam dressing changes adverse events, short‐term compared with hydrogel dressing (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Foam dressings for treating pressure ulcers 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.33 [0.01, 7.65]
1 study · 34 participants
Very low

Quality of life · people of any age with an existing pressure ulcer of Category/Stage II or above

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Foam dressings for treating pressure ulcers 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

Incidence of healing, short‐term · people of any age with an existing pressure ulcer of Category/Stage II or above

It is very uncertain whether foam dressing changes incidence of healing, short‐term compared with hydrogel dressing (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Foam dressings for treating pressure ulcers 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1 [0.78, 1.28]
1 study · 34 participants
Very low