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Table 1 Study outcomes

From: Investigating the differential impact of school and community-based integrated control programmes for soil-transmitted helminths in Timor-Leste: the (S)WASH-D for Worms pilot study protocol

Primary outcomes

 Proportion of eligible children who:

Provide parental informed consent

Provide stool samples

Complete questionnaires

Undergo measurement of height, weight and haemoglobin

 Participant retention rates between baseline and follow-up (defined as the proportion of baseline participants who were retained in the study at follow-up)

 Proportion of children and eligible community members who take albendazole

 Time taken to complete school WASH programmes in each study cluster

 Time taken to achieve 80% household latrine coverage in each intervention cluster

 Proportion of schools and households with functional and clean latrines

 Proportion of children who report using household and school latrines

 Proportion of schools and households with access to a reliable primary source of improved water

 Proportion of schools with handwashing stations

 Proportion of children who report using handwashing stations at school

Secondary outcomes

 Cumulative incidence of infection with:

Ascaris spp.

T. trichiura

N. americanus

Ancylostoma spp.

 Mean intensity of infection (calculated as the average number of eggs per gramme of faeces) of:

Ascaris spp.

T. trichiura

N. americanus

Ancylostoma spp.

 Mean haemoglobin concentration

 Weight-for-age (underweight) Z-score

 Weight-for-height Z-score (wasting)

 Height-for-age Z-score (stunting)

 Body mass index (BMI)-for-age Z-score (thinness)