Table 2 Indoor HI (°C) after intervention in May

From: Housing modifications for heat adaptation, thermal comfort and malaria vector control in rural African settlements

 

mCL

mCR

mCV

mMC

24hTime

 tPost1

 

26.5 ± 0.4

24.7 ± 0.3

27.0 ± 0.5

26.9 ± 0.5

 tPost2

 

28.0 ± 0.3

25.8 ± 0.3

28.4 ± 0.3

28.3 ± 0.4

 tPost3

 

28.1 ± 0.2

26.1 ± 0.2

28.7 ± 0.3

28.7 ± 0.3

 tPost4

 

27.8 ± 0.3

26.0 ± 0.2

28.3 ± 0.3

28.2 ± 0.4

dayTime

 tPost1

 

29.4 ± 0.7

26.1 ± 0.4

29.6 ± 0.8

28.1 ± 0.7

 tPost2

 

31.7 ± 0.4

27.8 ± 0.2

31.7 ± 0.6

29.9 ± 0.4

 tPost3

 

31.8 ± 0.3

28.1 ± 0.2

31.9 ± 0.5

30.2 ± 0.2

 tPost4

 

31.4 ± 0.4

27.9 ± 0.3

31.3 ± 0.5

29.6 ± 0.4

nightTime

 tPost1

 

23.6 ± 0.3

23.4 ± 0.2

24.4 ± 0.3

25.8 ± 0.5

 tPost2

 

24.3 ± 0.2

23.9 ± 0.2

25.2 ± 0.2

26.7 ± 0.4

 tPost3

 

24.5 ± 0.3

24.1 ± 0.2

25.6 ± 0.2

27.2 ± 0.4

 tPost4

 

24.3 ± 0.2

24.0 ± 0.2

25.2 ± 0.2

26.8 ± 0.4

  1. Data are presented as mean ± 95% confidence interval. The lowest values at each timepoint are highlighted in bold. Study arms are defined as follows: mCL, houses with no modification (n = 10); mCR, houses with the cool-roof modification (n = 10); mCV, houses with the cross-ventilation modification (n = 9); mMC, houses with the mat-ceiling modification (n = 8). Time segments include: 24hTime, full 24-hour data; dayTime, 7:00−19:00; nightTime, 19:00−7:00. Post-intervention weeks are labeled as tPost1 (first week of May), tPost2 (second week of May), tPost3 (third week of May) and tPost4 (fourth week of May).
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