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. 2011 May 5;2011:1901.
Ref (type) Population Outcome, Interventions Results and statistical analysis Effect size Favours
Prevention of pressure ulcers

Systematic review
70 people in medical or surgical hospital wards
Data from 1 RCT
Incidence of pressure ulcers 10 days
0 with electrically operated profiling bed
0 with standard hospital bed

Reported as not significant
P value not reported
The low event rate means that the RCT was underpowered to detect a clinically important difference between groups
Not significant