What about using sniffin' sticks 12 items test to screen post-COVID-19 olfactory disorders?
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol
; 279(7): 3477-3484, 2022 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-34716806
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Post-COVID-19 Olfactory impairment has a negative impact on quality of life. The Sniffin Sticks test 12 items (SST-12) can be used in quick olfactory disorders screening. Its evaluation in a post-covid-19 situation was the main objective of this work.METHODS:
All patient impaired with a post-COVID olfactory loss were included while consulting to the ENT department. The clinical examination included an olfaction recovery self-assessment (VAS), a nasofibroscopy, a quality of life (QoL) assessment, the complete Sniffin' Sticks Test (SST), and the SST-12.RESULTS:
Among the 54 patients included, 92% (n = 50) were correctly screened as olfactory impaired by SST-12. We report excellent correlations between SST-12 and SST (rho (52) = 0.98, p < 0.001), QoL(rho(52) = 0.33 p = 0.016), or VAS (rho(52) = 0.49, p < 0.001) assessments.CONCLUSIONS:
SST-12 is a quick and reliable tool to screen large-scale population of post-COVID-19 olfactory impaired patients and could be used in a general daily clinical practice.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Olfaction Disorders
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol
Journal subject:
OTORRINOLARINGOLOGIA
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
France