Long-Term Taste and Smell Outcomes After COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Self-report surveys suggest that long-lasting taste deficits may occur after SARS-CoV-2 infection, influencing nutrition, safety, and quality of life. However, self-reports of taste dysfunction are inaccurate, commonly reflecting deficits due to olfactory not taste system pathology; hence, quantitative testing is needed to verify the association of post-COVID-19 condition with taste function.

Objective

To use well-validated self-administered psychophysical tests to investigate the association of COVID-19 with long-term outcomes in taste and smell function.

Design, setting, and participants

This nationwide cross-sectional study included individuals with and without a prior history of COVID-19 recruited from February 2020 to August 2023 from a social media we

SUBMITTER: Sharetts R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11040410 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature