Table 1 Outcomes extracted from each study

Study characteristics

General

Year of publication

Publication title

Primary author

Aim

Design: experimental (non-randomised controlled trial, randomised control trial) or observational (pre-post study or interrupted time series, cross-sectional study, cohort study, case control study)

Clinical setting of intervention: dialysis unit (hospital or satellite), other inpatient setting, other outpatient setting, rehabilitation setting, or other

Country

Duration of intervention or follow-up: mean, median or total

Comparator group: yes, no

Population

Number of dialysis patients

Proportion of dialysis versus non-dialysis patients included in the study: < 75%, ≥ 75%

Type of dialysis: haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, both

Patients with transplant included: yes, no

Diabetes: yes, no, yes and no

Sex: males (%)

Age: years (mean or median)

Interventions and outcomes

Interventions

Type: surgery, medication, care from health professionals, screening by health professionals, rehabilitation, exercise, offloading, education, or other

Prevention, management, or both prevention and management (e.g. prevent amputation while managing PAD): number of studies

Outcomes

PAD: number of studies, narrative outcome summary

Foot ulceration: number of studies, narrative outcome summary

Amputation: number of studies, narrative outcome summary

Infection: number of studies, narrative outcome summary

Related hospital admission: number of studies, narrative outcome summary

Studies which report more than one result category: yes, no

Average number of result categories