Okunoonyereza okupya kwazudde nti okupima . Omusaayi oxygen levels awaka y’engeri etali ya bulabe eri abantu abalina COVID-19 okulaba obubonero obulaga nti obulamu bwabwe buyinza okuba obw’obulabe. Pulse oximeters zisangibwa nnyo, ebyuma eby’ebbeeyi entono ebitangaaza ekitangaala okuyita mu ngalo y’omuntu okukebera omusaayi gwe oxygen saturation. Obujulizi bulaze nti okugwa kw’omukka gwa oxygen kye kiraga ekikulu nti obulamu bw’omulwadde wa COVID-19 bwonooneka era bayinza okwetaaga okulondoola ennyo n’okujjanjabibwa mu bwangu.
Okunoonyereza kuno okwafulumiziddwa mu kkampuni ya Lancet Digital Health, kwekenneenya okunoonyereza 13 okwali kuzingiramu abantu kumpi 3,000 mu nsi ttaano*, ng’abasinga baakolebwa mu kiseera ky’okusannyalala okwasooka.
Bannasayansi bano baakizudde nti nga balina obulagirizi bw’abasawo, home pulse oximetry esobola okukola ng’akatimba k’obukuumi, ekikendeeza ku kuyingizibwa mu mbeera ey’amangu n’eddwaliro eri abalwadde abasobola okusigala awaka nga tebalina bulabe, ate nga balaba obubonero nga bukyali obw’okwonooneka n’okugenda mu maaso n’okulabirira mu abo ababetaaga. Kino kyandiyambye okukekkereza eby’obugagga ebigoloddwa, n’okukendeeza ku kwongera okusaasaana kw’akawuka okuva mu kukwatagana mu mbeera z’ebyobulamu.
Naye, abanoonyereza bategeeza nti tebanoonyereza ku balwadde abalina olususu oluddugavu, nga ku bo oximetry eyinza okuba nga tetuufu nnyo okusinga mu bazungu.
Okusinziira ku bye bazudde, abanoonyereza bataddewo ebiteeso ebikulu ebiyinza okuyamba okussa omutindo ku nkozesa ya oximetry mu kulondoola COVID-19 awaka.
Ekikulu, okunoonyereza kuwa amagezi okukozesa ekifo ekisaliddwawo ekisaliddwawo mu . Omusaayi gwa oxygen (92%), ekijja okusobozesa abakugu mu by’obulamu okuzuula ddi omulwadde lw’alina okugenda mu ddwaaliro okufuna obujjanjabi, oba oba basobola okugaana obwetaavu bw’okwongera okulabirira mu kiseera ekyo.
Dr Ahmed Alboksmaty, omukugu mu kunoonyereza okuva mu Institute of Global Health Innovation, yagambye nti: 'mu ssennyiga omukambwe, okweraliikirira mu bantu kukyuse okuva ku ‘Nfunye Covid?’. To 'Singa nfuna Covid, nneetaaga okugenda mu ddwaaliro?'.
'Pulse oximetry kyangu okwekozesa, eky'ebbeeyi mu nsaasaanya, efunibwa mu bungi, era nga bwe tulaze, engeri ey'omugaso ey'okuzuula obulamu okwonooneka mu balwadde ba COVID-19.'
Essimu ezimu ez’amaanyi ne pulogulaamu z’oku ssimu nazo zirina obusobozi okupima omukka gwa oxygen mu musaayi, abanoonyereza kye bazuula ng’ekintu ekiyinza okutuukirirwa abantu okulondoola. Wabula, wadde ng’okunoonyereza okumu kwalaga obutuufu obufaananako n’obwo obuyitibwa pulse oximeters obw’ekinnansi, abanoonyereza baamaliriza nti tewali bujulizi bumala n’okutuusa kati okuteesa ku ngeri gye bakozesaamu okulondoola mu bujjanjabi.
Okunoonyereza era kwazudde ebituli ebirala mu bujulizi obuliwo kati naddala ebiwandiiko ebitamala okuzuula oba pulse oximetry esobola okulongoosa endowooza y’ebyobulamu eri abalwadde.
Dr Ana Luisa Neves, Advanced Research Fellow from the Institute of Global Health Innovation, said: 'Our research has demonstrated how the use of pulse oximetry in remote patient monitoring could help ease the strains on health systems during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it's vital to ensure that the current lack of research in racially and ethnically diverse populations is addressed. It's therefore critical to provide support to ensure this technology reduces, rather than entrenches, Obutenkanankana mu by’obulamu obuliwo.
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