COVID-19 PORTABLE RESPIRATORY DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE

Abstract

Introduction: COVID-19 cases in Indonesia have been detected since March 2020 with continuously increasing numbers. Monitoring of non-severe COVID-19 cases undergoing self-isolation is a challenge due to the limited number of medical personnel and facilities. Respinos is a device designed to measure a patient's respiratory rate, body temperature, and oxygen saturation connected to an online mobile application for telemedicine monitoring.   Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy and barriers that patients might feel with the Respinos diagnostic device.   Methods: The study was a clinical trial with an intervention method performed on 97 patients with confirmed non-severe COVID-19 cases at Hasan Sadikin General Hospital from October to November 2021.   Results: The portable respiratory diagnostic device, Respinos, showed measurements of respiration rate, body temperature, and patient saturation that were relatively the same (p>0.05) with manual measurements both on periodic measurements (morning, afternoon, and evening) as well as the daily average.   Conclusion: Respinos can be considered a good monitoring tool for COVID-19 patients undergoing self-isolation as an aid for telemedicine.