Cochrane · systematic review · CD013398

House modifications for preventing malaria

Fox, T, Furnival-Adams, J, Chaplin, M, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2022 · Cochrane Library

Infectious Diseases3 versionsAMSTAR 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 1 · 25%Moderate 1 · 25%High 1 · 25%

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

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Summary of findings table 1

Population: children and adults at risk of malaria
4 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Malaria parasite prevalence
RR 0.68 [0.57, 0.82]5 studies · 5183 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
Anaemia prevalence
RR 0.7 [0.55, 0.89]3 studies · 3643 participantsHigh
Clinical malaria incidence
rate ratio 1.683 studies · 3365 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness
Indoor adult mosquito density
Rate ratio 0.63 [0.3, 1.3]4 studies · 9894 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency