Cochrane · systematic review · CD008998
Rapid diagnostic tests versus clinical diagnosis for managing people with fever in malaria endemic settings
Odaga, J, Sinclair, D, Lokong, JA, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2014 · Cochrane Library
Infectious DiseasesAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
4
current version
GRADE rated
4
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 25%Low 2 · 50%Moderate 1 · 25%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Summary of findings table
Population: People with fever
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Patients still unwell at day 4 to 7 | RR 0.9 [0.69, 1.17] | 5 studies · 6990 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Patients prescribed antimalarials | RR 0.62 [0.52, 0.73] | 7 studies · 17287 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Patients prescribed antibiotics | no estimate extracted | 5 studies · 13573 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency, indirectness |
Patients with microscopically confirmed malaria not receiving antimalarials | RR 1.21 [0.64, 2.28] | 1 study · 1280 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness |