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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 6.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Apr 18;4:CD003659. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003659.pub3

West 1995.

Methods

  • Six villages were randomized in three pairs to intervention or control

  • Method of randomization: unclear

  • Masking: outcome assessors masked. Assessors examined photographs of tarsal plates for follicles
Participants

  • Country: Kongwa, Tanzania

  • Participants: Children aged 1 to 7 years drawn from 6 trachoma endemic villages

  • Total number of children randomized: 1417
Interventions Treatment:

  • Face washing promotion combined with mass tetracycline ointment (680 children)


Control:
Mass tetracycline ointment only (737 children). Tetracycline ointment was administered topically once daily for 30 days
Outcomes

  1. Active trachoma

  2. Severe trachoma

  3. Clean face
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Unclear