Table 1

Major outcomes for wound healing and infection for superficial and partial thickness burns

Outcome

Number

Outcome

Outcome

Relative

NNT

of

achieved

achieved

benefit

(95%

trials

with

with

(95% CI)

CI)

honey

control

(%)

(%)

7-day

4

97/167

29/151

3.0 (2.2 to

2.6 (2.1

wound

(58%)

(19%)

4.3)

to 3.4)

healing

2

43/90

8/74

4.1 (2.1 to

2.7 (2.0

(48%)

(11%)

8.2)

to 4.1)

21-day

4

165/167

113/151

1.3 (1.2 to

4.2 (3.3

wound

(99%)

(75%)

1.4)

to 6.0)

healing

2

90/90

70/74

1.05 (0.99 to

21 (10 to

(100%)

(95%)

1.1)

no

benefit)

7-day

4

114/134

37/124

2.7 (2.0 to

1.8 (1.5

infections

(85%)

(30%)

3.5)

to 2.2)

2

60/68

18/61

2.6 (1.8 to

1.7 (1.4

(88%)

(30%)

3.7)

to 2.3)

Trials included were 16-18, 20 for all four comparisons with honey, and 17 and 18 for comparisons with treatments without biological plausibility

Moore et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2001 1:2   doi:10.1186/1472-6882-1-2