Table 1 Quality assessment of evidence at the category level
From: Systematic review of strategies to increase use of oral rehydration solution at the household level
| 听 | Quality Assessment | Summary of Findings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | Directness | No of events | 听 | 听 | ||
No of studies | Design | Limitations | Consistency | Generalizability to population of interest | Generalizability to intervention of interest | Intervention | Control | Relative Risk | 95% Confidence Interval |
Strategy: Co-promotion of Zinc and ORS (Moderate/low outcome specific quality) | |||||||||
4 | RCT/cRCT | None | 3 of 4 studies showed beneficial effect; heterogeneity in meta-analysis | No major limitations | No major limitations | 5345 | 3895 | 1.82 | [1.17, 2.85] |
Strategy: Social marketing and mass media (Low outcome specific quality) | |||||||||
3 | Observational | Variation in study design and quality | All show beneficial effect; heterogeneity in meta-analysis; not statistically significant | No major limitations | No major limitations | 1530 | 804 | 2.05 | [0.78, 5.42] |