Australian guideline on offloading treatment for foot ulcers: part of the 2021 Australian evidence-based guidelines for diabetes-related foot disease

Table 1 Summary of screening ratings for acceptability and applicability in the Australian context for all the IWGDF Offloading recommendations

Recommendation	Acceptability			Applicability				Full assessment	Comments
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1a	+	?	+	+	+	?	+	Yes	Assess strength of recommendation & expertise availability
1b	+	?	?	+	?	?	?	Yes	Assess patient preference, equipment availability, expertise availability & legislative/policy constraints
2	+	?	+	+	+	+	+	Yes	Assess strength of recommendation
3	?	–	+	+	+	+	+	Yes	Assess quality of evidence & strength of recommendation
4a	?	–	?	+	?	+	?	Yes	Assess quality of evidence, strength of recommendation, patient preference, equipment availability & legislative/policy constraints
4b	?	+	+	+	+	+	+	Yes	Assess quality of evidence
5	+	?	?	+	+	?	+	Yes	Assess strength of recommendation & expertise availability
6	+	?	+	+	+	+	+	Yes	Assess strength of recommendation
7a	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	No
7b	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	No
7c	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	No
8	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	No
9	?	–	+	+	+	+	+	Yes	Assess quality of evidence, strength of recommendation
Total	9	5	10	13	11	10	11	9
%	69%	38%	77%	100%	85%	77%	85%	69%

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