Intervention (N = 1566) | Control (N = 1515) | Crude ORa (95% CI) | aORab (95% CI) | P value | |
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n(%) | n(%) | ||||
Primary outcomeb | |||||
Combined Ascaris lumbricoides and/or Trichuris trichiura infection | 603 (39) | 585 (39) | 0.99 (0.60–1.63) | 1.19 (0.74–1.91) | 0.466 |
Ascaris lumbricoides infection prevalence | 242 (15) | 259 (17) | 0.90 (0.39–2.09) | 1.24 (0.59–2.59) | 0.547 |
Trichuris trichiura infection prevalence | 479 (31) | 464 (31) | 0.99 (0.60–1.64) | 1.17 (0.73–1.88) | 0.501 |
Secondary outcomesc | |||||
Hookworm infection | 11 (1) | 13 (1) | - | - | - |
Participants reporting using soap and water during last hand washing occasion | 910 (58) | 529 (35) | 1.68 (1.18–2.39) | 1.76 (1.28–2.43) | 0.001 |
Reported location of last handwashing episode | |||||
School | 746 (48) | 393 (26) | 1.84 (1.13–3.00) | 1.81 (1.12–2.93) | 0.011 |
Home/did not remember location/other location | 820 (52) | 1122 (74) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
Participants used soap and water during most recent hand washing occasion in school [n/N(%)] | 538/746 (72) | 154/393 (39) | 3.42 (1.27–9.22) | 3.7 (1.35–10.15) | 0.002 |
Participants used soap and water during most recent hand washing occasion at home [n/N(%)] | 372/820 (45) | 375/1122 (33) | 0.97 (0.69–1.37) | 1.02 (0.74–1.39) | 0.904 |