Efficacy of at home monitoring of foot temperature for risk reduction of diabetes-related foot ulcer: A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To perform an updated systematic review of randomised controlled trials examining the efficacy of at-home foot temperature monitoring in reducing the risk of a diabetes-related foot ulcer (DFU).

Methods

Systematic review performed according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Risk-of-bias was assessed using version 2 of the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool. Meta-analyses were performed using random effect models. Leave-one-out sensitivity analyses and a sub-analysis excluding trials considered at high risk-of-bias assessed the consistency of the findings. The certainty of the evidence was assessed with GRADE.

Results

Five randomised controlled trials involving 772 participants meeting the International Working Group on the

SUBMITTER: Golledge J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9541448 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature