Table 6 GRADE assessment of the efficacy of video consultation of patients with leg and foot ulcers
From: Effect of telemedicine follow-up care of leg and foot ulcers: a systematic review
Number of participants (study) | Outcome | Comparison | Study design | Quality assessment (risk of bias) | Consistency | Directness | Precision | Reporting bias | Result | GRADE assessment | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
140 [47] | Unadjusted healing time (number of days) | Traditional consultation with diabetes-related foot team | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | Intervention group: 43.5 ± 29.3 | Very low | Degraded because of the study design, high risk of bias and uncertain estimate of effectiveness |
Control group: 45.5 ± 43.4 |  |  | |||||||||
P =0.83 | Â | Â | |||||||||
140 [47] | Adjusted healing time | Traditional consultation with diabetes-related foot team | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | Intervention group: 1.40 | Very low | Degraded because of the study design, high risk of bias and uncertain estimate of effectiveness |
Control group: 1.00 | Â | Â | |||||||||
P = 0.10 |  |  | |||||||||
140 [47] | Ulcers healed at 12 weeks | Traditional consultation with diabetes-related foot team | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | Intervention group: 75% | Very low | Degraded because of the study design, high risk of bias and uncertain estimate of effectiveness |
Control group: 81% | Â | Â | |||||||||
P =0.55 | Â | Â |