Usability and acceptability of an automated respiratory rate counter to assess childhood pneumonia in Nepal

Abstract

Pneumonia is the leading cause of child death after the neonatal period, resulting from late care-seeking and inappropriate treatment. Diagnosis involves counting respiratory rate (RR); however, RR counting remains challenging for health workers and miscounting, and misclassification of RR is common. We evaluated the usability of a new automated RR counter, the Philips Children’s Respiratory Monitor (ChARM), to Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs), and its acceptability to FCHVs and caregivers in Nepal.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7318335/

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