Insecticide‐treated bed nets and curtains vs no nets: Level of anaemia: packed cell volume
Insecticide‐treated bed nets and curtains leads to higher anaemia (mean packed cell volume) compared with no nets (high certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Insecticide‐treated bed nets and curtains vs no nets Anaemia (mean packed cell volume) · people of all ages living in malaria transmission settings Insecticide‐treated bed nets and curtains leads to higher anaemia (mean packed cell volume) compared with no nets (high certainty). Insecticide‐treated nets for preventing malaria (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Mean difference 1.29 [0.42, 2.16] | 5 studies · 11489 participants | High |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insecticide‐treated nets for preventing malaria 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.