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. 2015 Mar 11;2015(3):CD009579. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009579.pub2

Erko 2013_6KK.

Study characteristics
Patient sampling Cross sectional design; unclear sampling
Patient characteristics and setting Species: S. mansoni
Country: Ethiopia
Sample size: 620
Age range: 8 to 12 years
Participants: children from a village in Western Kenya
Setting: field study
Praziquantel status before study: reported that there had been no treatment in the area
Index tests CCA POC cassette test (Rapid Medical Diagnostics, Pretoria, South Africa)
Target condition and reference standard(s) S. mansoni as measured by stool microscopy (3 Kato‐Katz smears on 3 stool samples (6KK))
Flow and timing  
Comparative  
Notes  
Methodological quality
Item Authors' judgement Risk of bias Applicability concerns
DOMAIN 1: Patient Selection
Was a consecutive or random sample of patients enrolled? Unclear    
Was a case‐control design avoided? Yes    
Did the study avoid inappropriate exclusions? Yes    
    Unclear Low
DOMAIN 2: Index Test CCA POC
Were the index test results interpreted without knowledge of the results of the reference standard? Unclear    
If a threshold was used, was it pre‐specified? Yes    
Was quality control done? Unclear    
    Unclear Low
DOMAIN 3: Reference Standard
Is the reference standards likely to correctly classify the target condition? Yes    
Were the reference standard results interpreted without knowledge of the results of the index tests? Unclear    
Was quality control done? Yes    
    Unclear Low
DOMAIN 4: Flow and Timing
Was there an appropriate interval between index test and reference standard? Unclear    
Did all patients receive the same reference standard? Yes    
Were all patients included in the analysis? Yes    
    Low