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What do systematic reviews say?

66 questions · 68 findings · 5 reviews

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No studies found 35 · 51.5%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 21 · 30.9%Low 10 · 14.7%Moderate 2 · 2.9%High 0 · 0%

Foam surfaces vs alternating pressure (active) air surfaces

Proportion of participants developing a new pressure ulcer · pressure ulcer prevention

Foam surfaces showed no clear difference in proportion of participants developing a new pressure ulcer compared with alternating pressure (active) air surfaces (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Foam surfaces for preventing pressure ulcers 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.59 [0.86, 2.95]
4 studies · 2247 participants
Low

Foam surfaces vs alternating pressure (active) air surfaces

Time to pressure ulcer development · pressure ulcer prevention

It is very uncertain whether foam surfaces changes time to pressure ulcer development compared with alternating pressure (active) air surfaces (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Foam surfaces for preventing pressure ulcers 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 2105 participants
Very low

Foam surfaces vs alternating pressure (active) air surfaces

Support surface associated patient comfort · pressure ulcer prevention

1 finding from 1 review

Foam surfaces for preventing pressure ulcers 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 76 participants
Very low

Foam surfaces vs alternating pressure (active) air surfaces

All reported adverse events · pressure ulcer prevention

1 finding from 1 review

Foam surfaces for preventing pressure ulcers 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 2181 participants
Very low

Foam surfaces vs alternating pressure (active) air surfaces

QoL · pressure ulcer prevention

2 findings from 1 review

Foam surfaces for preventing pressure ulcers 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 267 participants
Low
Foam surfaces for preventing pressure ulcers 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 233 participants
Low

Foam surfaces vs alternating pressure (active) air surfaces

Cost‐effectiveness · pressure ulcer prevention

1 finding from 1 review

Foam surfaces for preventing pressure ulcers 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 1 participants
Moderate