Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

4 questions · 4 findings · 2 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 2 · 50%Very low 1 · 25%Low 1 · 25%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Adverse events · people with diabetes and foot ulcers

1 finding from 1 review

Foam dressings for healing diabetic foot ulcers 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
0 studies · 1 participants
GRADE not reported

Adverse events · people with diabetes and foot ulcers

1 finding from 1 review

Foam dressings for healing diabetic foot ulcers 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
0 studies · 1 participants
GRADE not reported

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 dressings changes adverse events, short‐term compared with hydrocolloid dressings (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Foam dressings for treating pressure ulcers 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.88 [0.37, 2.11]
3 studies · 198 participants
Very low

Adverse effect/event: 2. Adverse effects ‐ any ‐ medium‐termonly · people of any age with an existing pressure ulcer of Category/Stage II or above

Foam dressings showed no clear difference in adverse events, medium‐term compared with basic contact dressings (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Foam dressings for treating pressure ulcers 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.58 [0.33, 1.05]
1 study · 95 participants
Low