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Register: PACTR
Last refreshed on: 29 May 2023
Main ID:  PACTR201612001891179
Date of registration: 28/11/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Arba Minch University
Public title: Reducing indoor malaria transmission through improved housing
Scientific title: Reducing indoor malaria transmission through improved housing
Date of first enrolment: 01/07/2015
Target sample size: 98
Recruitment status: Complete
URL:  https://pactr.samrc.ac.za/TrialDisplay.aspx?TrialID=1891
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Factorial: participants randomly allocated to either no, one, some or all interventions simultaneously,Randomised,Simple randomisation using a radomisation table created by a computer software program,Allocation was determined by the holder of the sequence who is situated off site  
Phase:  Not Applicable
Countries of recruitment
Ethiopia
Contacts
Name: Fekadu    Massebo
Address:  Arba Minch 21 Arba Minch Ethiopia
Telephone: +251911733885
Email: fekadu.massebo@amu.edu.et
Affiliation:  Lecturer; Assistant Professor
Name: Fekadu    Massebo
Address:  Arba Minch 21 Arba Minch Ethiopia
Telephone: +251911733885
Email: fekadu.massebo@amu.edu.et
Affiliation:  Lecturer; Assistant Professor
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Those households with more than two members and no plan to move out of the sub-Kebele during the study period were included
Households at least with one child age 5-14 years were eligible for the study

Exclusion criteria: Those households with more than two doors and windows were excluded to reduce the costs of intervention and bias
And also households with less than two members were excluded to maximize the chance of getting family member during the visit


Age minimum: 1 Year(s)
Age maximum: 60 Year(s)
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Malaria
Malaria
Intervention(s)
Screening doors and windows to reduce house entry of malaria vectors
Primary Outcome(s)
The primary outcome variable was the number of malaria vectors per CDC light traps per night, the sporozoite rate, EIR (mean number of infectious mosquitoes bites per person per season) and parasite prevalence in intervention and control groups
Secondary Outcome(s)
One secondary outcome variable was the susceptibility status of the principal malaria vector An. arabiensis. The other secondary outcome variables were bed net use rate both in intervention and control groups, and the durability of screening intervention at the end of study period.
Secondary ID(s)
SERO-042-12-2015
Source(s) of Monetary Support
NORHED
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 09/12/2015
Contact:
Scientific and Ethical Review Committee of Ethiopian Public Health Insititute
Results
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