Cochrane · systematic review · CD013328
Interventions to improve sanitation for preventing diarrhoea
Bauza, V, Ye, W, Liao, J, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2023 · 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
16
current version
GRADE rated
8
No studies
8
Included studies
NR
No studies 8 · 50%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 6.3%Low 6 · 37.5%Moderate 1 · 6.3%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: adults and children
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Cluster‐RCTs | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Diarrhoea prevalence (All ages) | RR 0.89 [0.73, 1.08] | 7 studies · 40129 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness |
Diarrhoea prevalence (Children < 5) | RR 0.98 [0.83, 1.16] | 4 studies · 16215 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, indirectness |
Non‐randomized studies** | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Summary of findings table 2
Population: adults and children
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Cluster‐RCTs | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Diarrhoea prevalence (Children < 5a) | RR 0.85 [0.69, 1.06] | 3 studies · 14900 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency, indirectness |
Non‐randomized studies** | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Diarrhoea prevalence (All ages) | RR 0.61 [0.5, 0.74] | 23 studies · 117639 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Diarrhoea prevalence (Children < 5) | RR 0.64 [0.43, 0.96] | 9 studies · 8453 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Summary of findings table 3
Population: adults and children
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Cluster‐RCTs | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Diarrhoea prevalence (Children < 5a) | RR 0.82 [0.69, 0.98] | 7 studies · 28909 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
NRCTs | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Summary of findings table 4
Population: adults and children
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Cluster‐RCTs | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Diarrhoea prevalence (All ages) | RR 0.85 [0.76, 0.95] | 17 studies · 83938 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Diarrhoea prevalence (Children < 5) | RR 0.87 [0.77, 0.97] | 14 studies · 60024 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Non‐randomized studies** | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |