Malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT) vs clinical diagnosis: Antimalarial prescribing to microscopy‐ or PCR‐negative people
Malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT) probably leads to lower antimalarial prescribing to microscopy‐ or PCR‐negative people compared with clinical diagnosis (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT) vs clinical diagnosis Antimalarial prescribing to microscopy‐ or PCR‐negative people · people with suspected malaria Malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT) probably leads to lower antimalarial prescribing to microscopy‐ or PCR‐negative people compared with clinical diagnosis (moderate certainty). Adding rapid diagnostic tests to community‐based programmes for treating malaria (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.17 [0.07, 0.4] | 7877 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adding rapid diagnostic tests to community‐based programmes for treating malaria 2022 · 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.