Cochrane · systematic review · CD012199
Interventions to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene for preventing soil‐transmitted helminth infection
Garn, JV, Wilkers, JL, Meehan, AA, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2022 · 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
6
current version
GRADE rated
4
No studies
2
Included studies
NR
No studies 2 · 33.3%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 1 · 16.7%Moderate 3 · 50%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
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) intervention versus no WASH intervention for preventing soil‐transmitted helminth infection
Population: children and adults
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Outcome (design) Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) intervention vs no WASH intervention | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Any STH prevalence Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) intervention vs no WASH intervention | OR 0.86 [0.74, 1.01] | 14 studies · 36055 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
Ascaris lumbricoides prevalence Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) intervention vs no WASH intervention | OR 0.87 [0.73, 1.03] | 11 studies · 25576 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
Trichuris trichiura prevalence Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) intervention vs no WASH intervention | OR 0.94 [0.77, 1.14] | 9 studies · 23981 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |
Hookworm prevalence Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) intervention vs no WASH intervention | OR 0.88 [0.75, 1.04] | 9 studies · 24191 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision |
Strongyloides stercoralis prevalence Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) intervention vs no WASH intervention | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |