Insecticide‐treated bed nets and curtains vs untreated nets: Any Plasmodium spp. prevalence
It is very uncertain whether insecticide‐treated bed nets and curtains changes any Plasmodium spp. prevalence compared with untreated nets (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Insecticide‐treated bed nets and curtains vs untreated nets Any Plasmodium spp. prevalence · people of all ages living in malaria transmission settings It is very uncertain whether insecticide‐treated bed nets and curtains changes any Plasmodium spp. prevalence compared with untreated nets (very low certainty). Insecticide‐treated nets for preventing malaria (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Risk ratio 0.17 [0.05, 0.53] | 1 study · 924 participants | Very low |
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.