Table 1 Randomised control trials from the Randomized Exposure Study of Pollution Indoors and Respiratory Effects (RESPIRE) study
First author of study, year | Brief name | Study design | Study country | N | Age of partici-pants (years) | Sex | Control group (Y or N) | Pollutant outcome | Health Outcome | Follow-up period (post stove installation) | Reported effect of stove use(positive effect (+); negative effect (−); no effect (/)) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diaz, 2008 [18] | RESPIRE: self-rated health among women in the RESPIRE trial | RCT (subsample) | Guatemala | 169 (80 Ix; 89 control) | Adult | Female | Y | NA | Self-report of health | Approx. 18Â months | + |
Diaz, 2007 [19] | RESPIRE: eye discomfort, headache and back pain | RCT (subsample) | Guatemala | 504 (259 Ix; 245 control) | Adult | Female | Y | e-CO | NA | 12 – 18 months | + |
Smith, 2010 [20] | RESPIRE : trial of woodfire chimney cook stoves | RCT | Guatemala | 515 infants; 532 mothers | Infants (0–18 months); mothers (15–55 years) | Female & children | Y | CO | In separate papers | Every 3 months >until the children reached 18 months | + |
Smith, 2011 [21] | RESPIRE : effect on childhood pneumonia | RCT | Guatemala | 534 households (269 intervention; 265 control) | Infants (0–18 months); mothers (15–55 years) | Female & children | Y | CO | Childhood pneumonia | Every 3 months until the children reached 18 months | + |
Smith - Sivertsen, 2009 [22] | RESPIRE : Effect on women’s respiratory symptoms and lung function | RCT | Guatemala | 504 women | 15-55 years | Female | Y | CO | Chronic respiratory symptoms and lung function | Every 3 months until the children reached 18 months | + |
Thompson, 2011 [23] | RESPIRE : impact of reduced maternal exposure on new born birth weigh | RCT (Subgroup of RESPIRE) | Guatemala | 174 infants (69 from Ix; 105 from control) | Infant s | Both | Y | CO | Birth weight | Until birth | + |