Cochrane · systematic review · CD010767
Intermittent preventive antimalarial treatment for children with anaemia
Athuman, M, Kabanywanyi, AM, Rohwer, AC · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · 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 0 · 0%Low 1 · 25%Moderate 3 · 75%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 1
Population: Children with anaemia
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Death or hospital admission | RR 0.9 [0.71, 1.13] | 3 studies · 3160 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Children with anaemia (Hb < 11 g/dL) | RR 0.97 [0.88, 1.07] | 4 studies · 2237 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Mean change in Hb from baseline | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 1672 participants | Moderate Downgraded: inconsistency |
Mean Hb | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 1672 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |