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Table 3 Results for overall and sub-group analysis according to type of study, intervention and treatment

From: Community based interventions for the prevention and control of tuberculosis

Outcomes

Estimates (95% CI)

  
 

Prevention/Screening

Therapeutic management

RCT/Quasi

Pre-post studies

Integrated

Non-integrated

CBI for TB case detection

TB detection

3.10 [2.92, 3.28]

-

3.71 [3.44, 4.01]

2.43 [2.22, 2.65]

3.15 [2.97, 3.34]

1.98 [1.47, 2.68]

5 datasets, 5 studies

 

4 datasets, 4 studies

1 dataset, 1 study

4 datasets, 4 studies

1 dataset, 1 study

TB incidence

0.63 [0.36, 1.09]

-

-

0.63 [0.36, 1.09]

-

0.63 [0.36, 1.09]

1 dataset, 1 study

  

1 dataset, 1 study

 

1 dataset, 1 study

CBI for patients with Active TB

Treatment success

-

1.09 [1.07, 1.11]

1.10 [1.08, 1.12]

1.06 [1.02, 1.10]

1.29 [1.21, 1.38]

1.08 [1.06, 1.10]

36 datasets 35 studies

32 datasets, 31 studies

4 datasets, 4 studies

8 datasets, 7 studies

28 datasets, 28 studies

Relapse

-

0.26 [0.18, 0.39]

-

0.26 [0.18, 0.39]

-

0.26 [0.18, 0.39]

  

1 dataset, 1 study

 

1 dataset, 1 study

 

1 dataset, 1 study

  1. Italics denote statistically significant estimates.