Evaluation of Card-Type Odor Identification Test for Japanese Patients With Olfactory Disturbance
Evaluation of Card-Type Odor Identification Test for Japanese Patients With Olfactory Disturbance
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DOI:
10.1177/000348941212100609
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发表时间:
2012-06-01
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Nibu, Ken-ichi
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作者:
Fujio, Hisami;Doi, Kiyoshi;Nibu, Ken-ichi
Objectives: A card-type odor identification test, Open Essence (OE), was recently developed in order to examine olfactory function in the Japanese population. The purpose of this study was to validate the efficacy of this new test by comparison with established olfactory examinations.Methods: We administered Jet Stream Olfactometry (JSO), an intravenous olfaction test (Alinamin test), a visual analog scale of symptoms of olfactory dysfunction, and the OE test to 50 patients with complaints of olfactory disturbance and 50 healthy volunteers. After comparison of the OE test results with those of existing olfactory examinations and the symptom scores, we tried to estimate a cutoff value compatible with the JSO threshold.Results: The scores on the OE test showed significant correlations with the average detection thresholds of JSO (r = -0.738; p