Cochrane · systematic review · CD012566
Rinse‐free hand wash for reducing absenteeism among preschool and school children
Munn, Z, Tufanaru, C, Lockwood, C, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2020 · Cochrane Library
Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning ProblemsAMSTAR 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
7
current version
GRADE rated
7
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 6 · 85.7%Low 1 · 14.3%Moderate 0 · 0%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
Rinse‐free hand wash compared to control for reducing absenteeism among preschool and school children
Population: children aged from birth to 14 years old
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Absenteeism for any reason (within the study period) Calculated as: an incident rate per child‐days possible Length of time observed: range = 5 to 6 months Rinse‐free hand wash vs control | rate ratio 0.91 [0.82, 1.01] | 2 studies · 2 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Absenteeism due to any illness (within the study period) Calculated as: an incident rate per child‐days possible Length of time observed: range = 1 to 11 months Rinse‐free hand wash vs control | rate ratio 0.82 [0.69, 0.97] | 6 studies · 6 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Adverse skin reactions (within the study period) Calculated as: number of events Length of time observed: range = 5 to 8 months Rinse‐free hand wash vs control | RR 1.03 [0.8, 1.32] | 3 studies · 4365 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Absenteeism due to acute respiratory illness (within the study period) Calculated as: an incident rate per child‐days possible Length of time observed: range = 1 to 8 months Rinse‐free hand wash vs control | rate ratio 0.79 [0.68, 0.92] | 6 studies · 6 participants | Very low Downgraded: inconsistency |
Absenteeism due to acute gastrointestinal illness (within the study period) Calculated as: an incident rate per child‐days possible Length of time observed: range = 1 to 8 months Rinse‐free hand wash vs control | rate ratio 0.79 [0.73, 0.85] | 4 studies · 4 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Compliance with the intervention or program Rinse‐free hand wash vs control | no estimate extracted | 9 studies · 10749 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Perception of the hand hygiene strategy or satisfaction with the hand hygiene strategy Rinse‐free hand wash vs control | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 1229 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |