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. 2022 Apr 13;2022:9007813. doi: 10.1155/2022/9007813

Table 4.

Diabetes-related foot ulcer management outcomes.

Outcomes How outcomes were measured Results Certainty of evidence Study IDs
Wound healing (i) PEDIS classification (Subrata et al.)
(ii) DFUAS (Appil et al.)
(iii) Not stated (Viswanathan et al.)
All three studies measuring this outcome each reported that there was improved reduction in wound sizes in the intervention groups and the difference was statistically and clinically significant. ⨁⨁◯◯
Low
Subrata et al. (2020)
Appil et al. (2020)
Viswanathan et al. (2005)
Amputations/surgical interventions Objectively assessed or counted by the researcher Each of the two studies that reported this outcome suggested there were lower numbers of amputations and surgical interventions in the intervention groups. However, the difference between groups was not significant in one of the studies (Liang et al.) ⨁⨁◯◯
Low
Liang et al. (2012)
Viswanathan et al. (2005)

Key: DFSCBS: Diabetes Foot Sel-care Behaviour Scale; SDSCA: Summary of Diabetes Self-care Activities scale; DFUAS: Diabetes Foot Ulcer Assessment Scale; PEDIS: Perfusion, Extent, Depth, Infection and Sensation; SKILLD: Spoken Knowledge in Low Literacy patients with Diabetes; DKQ: Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire; DFCS: Diabetes Foot Care Scale.