Impact Evaluation of Urban Water Supply Improvements on Cholera and Other Diarrhoeal in Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 4,556
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Admission rate to the Uvira Cholera Treatment Centre
研究概览
简要总结
The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of a large-scale urban water supply improvement intervention on cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases. The study uses a step wedge cluster randomised controlled trial (SWcRCT) to measure the effect of the intervention on cholera centre admission rates and confirmed cholera cases. A nested cohort study will examine changes in water-related practices following the intervention.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Factorial
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Uvira resident admitted to the Uvira Cholera Treatment Centre in Uvira
排除标准
- •Any patients admitted during the period of intervention implementation in each cluster
研究组 & 干预措施
No intervention
Current water supply access
Intervention
Received water supply improvement intervention designed to improve access to tap water, consisting of community managed public taps, improved tap water distribution network, refurbished tap connections and promotion of new household tap connections.
干预措施: Improved water supply (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Admission rate to the Uvira Cholera Treatment Centre
时间窗: 36 months
次要结局
- Admission rate to the Uvira Cholera Treatment Centre of laboratory confirmed cholera cases(36 months)