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Q In children with head lice, is the Bug Buster kit more effective than over the counter pediculicides?
Clinical impact ratings GP/FP/Primary care ★★★★★★☆ Paediatrics ★★★★★☆☆ Public health ★★★★★★☆
METHODS
Design:
randomised controlled trial.
Allocation:
unconcealed.*
Blinding:
blinded (outcome assessors).*
Follow up period:
15 days for the Bug Buster kit and 5 days for pediculicides.
Setting:
general practices in 4 counties in England and 1 county in Scotland, UK.
Patients:
133 children 2–15 years of age (1 child from each family) who had a live head louse, had received no treatment for head lice in the previous 3 weeks, and their parents or guardians agreed not to use other head lice treatments during the trial and agreed that the immediate family would be examined and treated if necessary with …
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