Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

64 questions · 68 findings · 9 reviews

No studies found 14 · 20.6%GRADE not reported 19 · 27.9%Very low 26 · 38.2%Low 6 · 8.8%Moderate 3 · 4.4%High 0 · 0%

Ulcer healing · people with diabetes and foot ulcers

Foam dressings showed no clear difference in number of ulcers healed compared with alginate dressings (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Foam dressings for healing diabetic foot ulcers 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.5 [0.92, 2.44]
2 studies · 50 participants
Low

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

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

Alginate dressings for treating pressure ulcers 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.5 [0.17, 12.94]
1 study · 36 participants
Very low

Adverse events · patients with pressure ulcers

It is very uncertain whether the intervention changes adverse events (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Alginate dressings for treating pressure ulcers 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.5 [0.12, 2.12]
1 study · 36 participants
Very low