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. 2015 Sep 8;2015(9):CD004265. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004265.pub3

Luby 2006 PAK.

Methods Cluster‐RCT
Allocation sequence: computer generated
Allocation concealment: not described
Blinding: open
Length of follow‐up: 14 months (63 weeks)
Cluster‐adjustment method: adjusted
Participants Number: 577 households: hand washing promotion (195 households), hand washing promotion plus water treatment (187 households) and control arm (195 households).
Inclusion criteria: same used in Luby 2003b PAK
Exclusion criteria: same used in Luby 2003b PAK
Age: children under 5 years
Interventions Intervention (see Table 5 for detailed description):
Follow‐up of earlier trial done in 2003
See Luby 2003b PAK
Outcomes
  1. Longitudinal prevalence of diarrhoea

  2. Sustainability of hand washing behaviour

Notes Location: Karachi, Pakistan
Duration: 63 weeks
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Adequate.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not described.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk None. Trial is a follow‐up on Luby 2003a PAK
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not described.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk One household was not accounted for in the analysis.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk None observed.
Other bias Low risk None observed.