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Olfactory function assessment of migraine patients by using the Sniffin' sticks test: A clinical study.
Efendioglu, Merih Karbay; Orhan, Elif Kocasoy; Sen, Cömert; Sönmez, Said; Orhan, Kadir Serkan; Baykan, Betül.
Afiliação
  • Efendioglu MK; Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Orhan EK; Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Sen C; Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Sönmez S; Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: dr.saidsonmez@gmail.com.
  • Orhan KS; Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Baykan B; Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Am J Otolaryngol ; 45(1): 104076, 2024.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37832332
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

This as a cross-sectional controlled clinical study. We hypothesis that the olfactory functions in migraine patients may differ from the healthy controls. In this study, we evaluated the olfactory functions by using a Sniffin' Sticks test battery, which is a reliable and semi quantitative test to evaluate for olfactory dysfunction.

METHODS:

Patients above 18 years of age who had migraine received a definitive diagnosis of migraine from experienced headache specialists based on the criteria of The International Classification of Headache Disorders-3 were included. Odor threshold, discrimination, and identification parameters were assessed using the "Sniffin' Sticks" test.

RESULTS:

One-hundred and one migraine patients (age [mean ± SD], 36.9 ± 10.4 years; range, 18-60 years) and sixty healthy volunteers (age 34.5 ± 13.2 years, range 18-65 years) participated in our study. The median odor threshold score [percentiles 25th-75th] was 8.3 [6.5-9.8] for the migraine group during attack free period and 4.5[3.6-6.0] for the control group. It was found that the migraine group had a median odor discrimination score of 10.0 [10.0-13.0] and the control group 12.0 [11.0-13.0]. These differences were statistically significant (p < 0.001 and p = 0.032 respectively). The median odor discrimination and identification scores were statistically significant higher for the participants with higher educational level group than in those of lower educational group (p < 0.0001). The median odor discrimination and identification scores of those without allodynia (12.0 [10.0-14.0] and 13.0 [10.0-13.0] respectively) were higher than that of those with allodynia (11.0 [9.0-12.0] and 11.0 [10.0-13.0] respectively) (p = 0.037 and p = 0.034 respectively).

CONCLUSIONS:

We found that the odor thresholds, discrimination and identification scores of the migraine group demonstrate differences from those of the healthy group and in relation to allodynia.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transtornos do Olfato / Transtornos de Enxaqueca Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Humans / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Am J Otolaryngol Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Turquia País de publicação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transtornos do Olfato / Transtornos de Enxaqueca Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Humans / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Am J Otolaryngol Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Turquia País de publicação: Estados Unidos