Nhwehwɛmu foforo bi daa no adi sɛ susuw mogya mu oxygen dodow a ɛwɔ fie no yɛ ɔkwan a ahobammɔ wom a nnipa a wɔwɔ COVID-19 fa so hu nsɛnkyerɛnne a ɛkyerɛ sɛ wɔn akwahosan betumi asɛe.Pulse oximeters yɛ mfiri a ɛwɔ baabiara, a ne bo nyɛ den a ɛma hann fa obi nsateaa mu hyerɛn de hwɛ sɛnea oxygen dɔɔso wɔ ne mogya mu.Adanse ada no adi sɛ oxygen dodow a ɛkɔ fam wɔ mogya mu no yɛ ade titiriw a ɛkyerɛ sɛ COVID-19 ɔyarefo akwahosan resɛe na ebia wobehia sɛ wɔhwɛ wɔn yiye na wɔsa wɔn yare ntɛm.
Nhwehwɛmu a wotintimii wɔ Lancet Digital Health mu no hwehwɛɛ nhwehwɛmu 13 a ɛkame ayɛ sɛ nnipa 3,000 a wɔde wɔn ho hyɛɛ mu wɔ aman anum so * mu, a wɔyɛɛ emu dodow no ara wɔ ɔyaredɔm a edi kan no mu.
Nyansahufo no hui sɛ sɛ wɔde aduruyɛ mu akwankyerɛ ma a, ofie pulse oximetry betumi ayɛ adwuma sɛ ahobammɔ afiri, atew ntɛmpɛ ne ayaresabea a wɔde wɔn kɔ ayaresabea a ɛho nhia so ama ayarefo a wobetumi atra fie dwoodwoo, bere a wohu sɛnkyerɛnne ahorow a ɛkyerɛ sɛ nneɛma asɛe ntɛm na ɔhwɛ a ɛkɔ soro wɔ wɔn a wohia no mu no.Eyi bɛboa ma wɔakora nneɛma a wɔatrɛw mu so, na ɛbɛtew mmoawa no a ɛbɛtrɛw bio afi nkitahodi mu wɔ akwahosan tebea horow mu no so.
Nanso, nhwehwɛmufo no hyɛ nhwehwɛmu a wɔanyɛ wɔ ayarefo a wɔn honam ani yɛ tuntum ho, a ebia oximetry nyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ wɔ wɔn fam sen aborɔfo de no nsow.
Nhwehwɛmufo no gyina nea wɔahu so de nyansahyɛ atitiriw bi a ebetumi aboa ma wɔayɛ oximetry a wɔde di dwuma wɔ fie COVID-19 sohwɛ mu no gyinapɛn mae.
Nea ɛho hia no, nhwehwɛmu no kamfo kyerɛ sɛ wɔmfa cutoff point a wɔakyerɛkyerɛ mu nni dwuma wɔ mogya mu oxygen dodow (92%), a ɛbɛma akwahosan ho adwumayɛfo ahu bere a ɛsɛ sɛ ɔyarefo bi kɔ ayaresabea kɔsa no yare, anaasɛ wobetumi apow hia a ɛho hia sɛ wɔhwɛ no bio saa bere no.
Dr Ahmed Alboksmaty, Nhwehwɛmufoɔ boafoɔ a ɔfiri Institute of Global Health Innovation, kaa sɛ: 'Wɔ ɔyaredɔm no nyinaa mu no, ɔmanfoɔ haw no asesa afiri 'So manya COVID?'to 'Sɛ menyaa COVID a, so ɛhia sɛ mekɔ ayaresabea?' nsɛntitiriw no, afei eyi kyerɛ sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ wɔhwehwɛ ayaresa a ɛyɛ animdefo.
'Pulse oximetry yɛ mmerɛw sɛ wɔde bedi dwuma ankasa, ɛho ka yɛ den, ɛwɔ baabiara, na sɛnea yɛada no adi no, ɛyɛ ɔkwan a mfaso wɔ so a wɔfa so hu akwahosan a ɛresɛe wɔ COVID-19 ayarefo mu.'
Smartphone ne mobile app ahorow bi nso wɔ tumi a wɔde susuw mframa pa dodow a ɛwɔ mogya mu, na nhwehwɛmufo no hu sɛ ɛyɛ adwinnade a ebetumi ayɛ adwinnade a wobetumi anya de ahwɛ nneɛma so.Nanso, bere a nhwehwɛmu ahorow bi abɔ amanneɛ sɛ ɛyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ te sɛ atetesɛm mu pulse oximeters no, nhwehwɛmufo no de baa awiei sɛ adanse a ɛdɔɔso nni hɔ a ɛbɛkamfo akyerɛ sɛ wɔmfa nni dwuma de hwɛ ayaresabea.
Nhwehwɛmu no nso huu nsonsonoe foforo a ɛwɔ mprempren adanse no mu, titiriw no, nsɛm a ɛnnɔɔso a wɔde bɛkyerɛ sɛ ebia pulse oximetry betumi ama akwahosan ho anidaso atu mpɔn ama ayarefo anaa.
Dr Ana Luisa Neves, Advanced Research Fellow a ofi Institute of Global Health Innovation, kaa sɛ: 'Yɛn nhwehwɛmu no ada sɛnea pulse oximetry a wɔde bedi dwuma wɔ akyirikyiri ayarefo a wɔhwɛ wɔn so no betumi aboa ma ɔhaw a ɛwɔ akwahosan nhyehyɛe so wɔ COVID-19 ɔyaredɔm no mu no ano abrɛ ase. Nanso.' , ɛho hia sɛ wɔhwɛ hu sɛ wobedi nhwehwɛmu a wonni mprempren wɔ nnipa a wofi mmusuakuw ne mmusuakuw ahorow mu no ho dwuma Enti ɛho hia sɛ wɔde mmoa ma de hwɛ hu sɛ saa mfiridwuma yi bɛtew, sen sɛ ɛbɛhyɛ, akwahosan mu pɛyɛ a enni hɔ dedaw no mu.
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