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Risk of bias graph: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies.
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Risk of bias graph: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies.

Risk of bias summary: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item for each included study.
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Risk of bias summary: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item for each included study.

Comparison 1 Water mattress overlay vs low‐tech mattress, Outcome 1 Pressure ulcer healing.
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Analysis 1.1

Comparison 1 Water mattress overlay vs low‐tech mattress, Outcome 1 Pressure ulcer healing.

Comparison 2 Low‐air‐loss vs foam mattress overlay, Outcome 1 Pressure ulcers completely healed.
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Analysis 2.1

Comparison 2 Low‐air‐loss vs foam mattress overlay, Outcome 1 Pressure ulcers completely healed.

Comparison 3 Alternating‐pressure mattress vs alternating‐pressure mattress, Outcome 1 Ulcers completely healed.
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Analysis 3.1

Comparison 3 Alternating‐pressure mattress vs alternating‐pressure mattress, Outcome 1 Ulcers completely healed.

Comparison 3 Alternating‐pressure mattress vs alternating‐pressure mattress, Outcome 2 Ulcers completely healed.
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Analysis 3.2

Comparison 3 Alternating‐pressure mattress vs alternating‐pressure mattress, Outcome 2 Ulcers completely healed.

Comparison 3 Alternating‐pressure mattress vs alternating‐pressure mattress, Outcome 3 Decrease in pressure ulcer size.
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Analysis 3.3

Comparison 3 Alternating‐pressure mattress vs alternating‐pressure mattress, Outcome 3 Decrease in pressure ulcer size.

Comparison 4 Alternating‐pressure mattress vs alternating‐pressure mattress overlay, Outcome 1 Pressure ulcer improvement.
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Analysis 4.1

Comparison 4 Alternating‐pressure mattress vs alternating‐pressure mattress overlay, Outcome 1 Pressure ulcer improvement.

Comparison 4 Alternating‐pressure mattress vs alternating‐pressure mattress overlay, Outcome 2 Pressure ulcer healing.
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Analysis 4.2

Comparison 4 Alternating‐pressure mattress vs alternating‐pressure mattress overlay, Outcome 2 Pressure ulcer healing.

Comparison 5 Alternating‐pressure mattress vs air‐filled devices, Outcome 1 Proportion of patients with healed pressure ulcer.
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Analysis 5.1

Comparison 5 Alternating‐pressure mattress vs air‐filled devices, Outcome 1 Proportion of patients with healed pressure ulcer.

Comparison 6 Alternating‐pressure cushion vs dry flotation cushion, Outcome 1 Pressure ulcers completely healed.
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Analysis 6.1

Comparison 6 Alternating‐pressure cushion vs dry flotation cushion, Outcome 1 Pressure ulcers completely healed.

Comparison 1. Water mattress overlay vs low‐tech mattress

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Pressure ulcer healing Show forest plot

1

120

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.93 [0.63, 1.37]

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Comparison 1. Water mattress overlay vs low‐tech mattress
Comparison 2. Low‐air‐loss vs foam mattress overlay

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Pressure ulcers completely healed Show forest plot

1

84

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.30 [0.87, 1.96]

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Comparison 2. Low‐air‐loss vs foam mattress overlay
Comparison 3. Alternating‐pressure mattress vs alternating‐pressure mattress

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Ulcers completely healed Show forest plot

1

30

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.57 [0.26, 1.27]

2 Ulcers completely healed Show forest plot

1

141

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.99 [0.90, 1.09]

3 Decrease in pressure ulcer size Show forest plot

1

30

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.58 [0.21, 1.65]

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Comparison 3. Alternating‐pressure mattress vs alternating‐pressure mattress
Comparison 4. Alternating‐pressure mattress vs alternating‐pressure mattress overlay

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Pressure ulcer improvement Show forest plot

1

158

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.97 [0.80, 1.17]

2 Pressure ulcer healing Show forest plot

1

113

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.96 [0.58, 1.60]

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Comparison 4. Alternating‐pressure mattress vs alternating‐pressure mattress overlay
Comparison 5. Alternating‐pressure mattress vs air‐filled devices

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Proportion of patients with healed pressure ulcer Show forest plot

1

60

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

5.35 [0.70, 40.84]

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Comparison 5. Alternating‐pressure mattress vs air‐filled devices
Comparison 6. Alternating‐pressure cushion vs dry flotation cushion

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Pressure ulcers completely healed Show forest plot

1

25

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.47 [0.14, 1.56]

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Comparison 6. Alternating‐pressure cushion vs dry flotation cushion