Table 2 Summary of final panel judgements compared with the IWGDF judgements for all the IWGDF Offloading recommendations
No. | Problem | Desirable effects | Undesirable effects | Quality of evidence | Values | Balance of effects | Acceptability | Applicability/ feasibility | Decision | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1a | + Yes | ? Moderate | + Trivial | - Moderate | + Probably no important uncertainty | + Favours the intervention | + Probably yes | + Probably yes | Adapt | Adapted QoE & control |
1b | + Yes | ? Trivial | + Trivial | - Low | + Probably no important uncertainty | + Does not favour either intervention or control | + Probably yes | + Probably yes | Adapt | Adapted QoE & strength of recommendation |
2 | + Yes | + Moderate | ? Varies | + Low | - Possibly important uncertainty | + Probably favours the intervention | + Varies | + Probably yes | Adapt | Adapted control, patient circumstances & foot-device interface |
3 | + Yes | ? Varies | + Small | - Very low | + Probably no important uncertainty | + Favours the intervention | + Yes | + Yes | Adapt | Adapted QoE, control, patient circumstances & foot-device interface |
4a | + Yes | ? Don’t know | ? Don’t know | - Low | - Possibly important uncertainty | + Favours the comparison | + Probably yes | + Probably yes | Adapt | Adapt QoE & control |
4b | + Yes | + Small | + Small | - Very low | + Probably no important uncertainty | + Probably favours the intervention | + Probably yes | + Probably yes | Adapt | Adapted QoE, intervention & control |
5 | + Yes | + Moderate | + Small | + Low | + Probably no important uncertainty | + Probably favours the intervention | + Probably yes | ? Probably yes | Adapt | Adapted intervention |
6 | + Probably yes | + Moderate | + Small | + Low | + Probably no important uncertainty | + Probably favours the intervention | + Probably yes | ? Yes | Adapt | Adapted population |
7a | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | Adopt | Adopted in screening |
7b | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | Adopt | Adopted in screening |
7c | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | Adopt | Adopted in screening |
8 | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | Adopt | Adopted in screening |
9 | + Yes | - Don’t know | - Don’t know | - Very low | + Probably no important uncertainty | + Favours the intervention | + Probably yes | + Probably yes | Adapt | Adapted QoE, intervention & control |