Key result
Low-cost pulse oximeters provide accessible vital signs monitoring for patients with respiratory diseases in home care, despite challenges with clinical validation and accuracy.
Why the study?
Commercial pulse oximeters can present an economic barrier for home care monitoring of chronic diseases.
Low-cost pulse oximeters offer accessible home monitoring for patients with chronic respiratory diseases, though clinical validation and accuracy remain challenges.
Low-cost oximeters may aid home respiratory monitoring; leaves open accuracy validation before practice change.
Oximeters have significantly evolved since their invention and are essential for monitoring chronic diseases in home care. However, commercial models can present an economic barrier. Therefore, we conducted a review of the use of low-cost pulse oximeters in the home care of patients with respiratory diseases. Our review included studies addressing oxygen saturation and heart rate monitoring in adults, focusing on the use of portable devices. Our search identified advances in vital signs monitoring that could provide accessible solutions for non-clinical settings. Although there are challenges related to clinical validation and accuracy, these oximeters may improve medical care, particularly in resource-limited areas. As a result, the accessibility of these devices opens up new possibilities for patients with chronic respiratory diseases in home care, enabling regular self-monitoring and increasing control over their health.
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Rojas et al. (2024) conducted a review in Respiratory diseases. Low-cost pulse oximeters was evaluated. Low-cost pulse oximeters provide accessible vital signs monitoring for patients with respiratory diseases in home care, despite challenges with clinical validation and accuracy.
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