"Taste Strips" - A rapid, lateralized, gustatory bedside identification test based on impregnated filter papers
"Taste Strips" - A rapid, lateralized, gustatory bedside identification test based on impregnated filter papers
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DOI：
10.1007/s00415-009-0088-y
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发表时间：
2009-02-01
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6
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Hummel, Thomas
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作者：
Landis, Basile Nicolas;Welge-Luessen, Antje;Hummel, Thomas
阐述临床心理物理味觉测试（“味觉条”）的标准值。“味觉条”是一种心理物理化学味觉测试。到目前为止，还没有明确的规范性数据发表，只有一个相当小的样本量进行了调查。鉴于这种简单、可靠和快速的味觉测试装置的缺点，我们试图提供适合临床使用的标准值。标准值获取研究，多中心研究。调查涉及537名参与者，报告正常的嗅觉和味觉（318名女性，219名男性，平均年龄44岁，年龄范围18-87岁）。味道测试基于浸渍有四种不同浓度的四种（甜、酸、咸和苦）味道品质的勺形滤纸条（“味道条”）。将条带放置在伸展舌头的前三分之一的左侧或右侧，总共进行了32次试验。在舌头仍然伸展的情况下，患者必须从四个描述符中识别出味道，例如，甜、酸、咸、苦（多选）。为了获得整体味觉功能的印象，正确识别味觉的数量被总结为“味觉评分”。味觉功能随着年龄的增长而显著下降。女性的味觉评分明显高于男性，这在所有年龄段都是如此。选择第10百分位数的味觉评分作为区分味觉正常与味觉减退的临界值。一小部分味觉丧失患者的结果证实了所提出的标准值的临床实用性。目前的数据提供了基于500多名受试者的“味觉条”的标准值。
To elaborate normative values for a clinical psychophysical taste test ("Taste Strips").The "Taste Strips" are a psychophysical chemical taste test. So far, no definitive normative data had been published and only a fairly small sample size has been investigated. In light of this shortcoming for this easy, reliable and quick taste testing device, we attempted to provide normative values suitable for the clinical use.Normative value acquisition study, multicenter study.The investigation involved 537 participants reporting a normal sense of smell and taste (318 female, 219 male, mean age 44 years, age range 18-87 years). The taste test was based on spoonshaped filter paper strips ("Taste Strips") impregnated with the four (sweet, sour, salty, and bitter) taste qualities in four different concentrations. The strips were placed on the left or right side of the anterior third of the extended tongue, resulting in a total of 32 trials. With their tongue still extended, patients had to identify the taste from a list of four descriptors, i. e., sweet, sour, salty, and bitter (multiple forcedchoice). To obtain an impression of overall gustatory function, the number of correctly identified tastes was summed up for a "taste score".Taste function decreased significantly with age. Women exhibited significantly higher taste scores than men which was true for all age groups. The taste score at the 10(th) percentile was selected as a cut-off value to distinguish normogeusia from hypogeusia. Results from a small series of patients with ageusia confirmed the clinical usefulness of the proposed normative values.The present data provide normative values for the "Taste Strips" based on over 500 subjects tested.