an overall trendp < 0.01
An overall trend towards reduced dressing change times was observed in the moist dressing group compared with the gauze dressing group (SMD −3.65, 95% CI −5.34 to −1.97, p < 0.01; I 2 = 96.48%) (Figure 6 ). 3.6 Wound site infection rate Five trials (293 participants, 33.83%) assessed the wound site infection rate after treatment with moist dressing.