Complications of diabetes: Screening for retinopathy Management of foot ulcers

ion of data was conducted independently by two reviewers and disagreements were resolved by discussion. Studies were considered if they addressed screening, management, care, prevention or education relating to the care of people with diabetic foot problems. Only RCTs were used for information on effectiveness given in the bulletin. Studies which addressed Type 1 as well as Type 2 diabetes were included. A methodological checklist was used to check the quality of RCTs. This included the following criteria: concealment of randomisation and outcomes, intention to treat, degree of follow up, comparability of control and treatment groups at baseline and comparability of control and treatment groups on factors other than the