A randomised controlled field trial to assess the LifeStraw® personal water treatment device
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Digestive SystemDigestive diseasesDiarrhoea
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN05111243
- Lead Sponsor
- ondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (UK)
- Brief Summary
2009 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1021/es9000664 (added 25/10/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 1120
Inclusion Criteria
1. Inadequate water supply
2. At least one child under the age of five years
Exclusion Criteria
Adequate water supply.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Diarrhoea, this will be assessed every two weeks for the whole intervention period.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Microbiological water quality of treated water, this will be assessed every two weeks for the whole intervention period<br> 2. Acceptability of the device, this will be assessed at the end of the study.<br>