Pyrethroid‐like indoor residual spraying (IRS) + insecticide‐treated nets (ITNs) vs ITNs alone: Malaria parasite prevalence
Pyrethroid‐like indoor residual spraying (IRS) + insecticide‐treated… showed no clear difference in malaria parasite prevalence compared with ITNs alone (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Pyrethroid‐like indoor residual spraying (IRS) + insecticide‐treated nets (ITNs) vs ITNs alone Malaria parasite prevalence · people at risk of malaria Pyrethroid‐like indoor residual spraying (IRS) + insecticide‐treated… showed no clear difference in malaria parasite prevalence compared with ITNs alone (moderate certainty). Indoor residual spraying for preventing malaria in communities using insecticide‐treated nets (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.11 [0.86, 1.44] | 10820 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indoor residual spraying for preventing malaria in communities using insecticide‐treated nets 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.