From: Deworming in non-pregnant adolescent girls and adult women: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Patient or population: non-pregnant women aged 10–66 Setting: STH endemic areas Intervention: deworming Comparison: no intervention/placebo | ||||||
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Outcomes | Anticipated absolute effectsa (95% CI) | Relative effect (95% CI) | № of participants (studies) | Quality of the evidence (GRADE) | Comments | |
Risk with control | Risk with deworming | |||||
Anaemia prevalence assessed with haemoglobin levels < 120 g/L Follow up: mean 6 months | 398 per 1000 | 327 per 1000 (239 to 442) | RR 0.82 (0.60 to 1.11) | 683 (3) | ⨁⨁◯◯ Lowb,c | |
Iron deficiency prevalence assessed with ferritin levels < 12 μg/L Follow up: mean 6 months | 464 per 1000 | 413 per 1000 (297 to 571) | RR 0.89 (0.64 to 1.23) | 186 (1) | ⨁⨁◯◯ Lowb,c | |
Severe anaemia | RR 6.25 (0.34 to 115.15) | 51 (1) | ⨁◯◯◯ Very lowb,d | |||
Parasite load—Ascaris assessed with: prevalence follow up: 6 months | 327 per 1000 | 95 per 1000 (46 to 202) | RR 0.29 (0.14 to 0.62) | 1498 (2) | ⨁⨁⨁◯ Moderateb | |
Parasite load—Hookworm assessed with: prevalence follow up: 6 months | 331 per 1000 | 106 per 1000 (60 to 195) | RR 0.32 (0.18 to 0.59) | 1498 (2) | ⨁⨁⨁◯ Moderateb | |
Parasite load – Trichuris assessed with: prevalence follow up: 6 months | 277 per 1000 | 213 per 1000 (180 to 252) | RR 0.77 (0.65 to 0.91) | 1498 (2) | ⨁⨁⨁◯ Moderateb | |
Diarrhoea | No data reported | Not estimable | (0 studies) | – | ||
Adverse outcomes | No data reported | Not estimable | (0 studies) | – |