Differences in smell and taste performance and food liking between patients with stroke and healthy controls.

ABSTRACT: The impact of olfactory (smell) and gustatory (taste) dysfunction post-stroke is unclear, despite being frequent and detrimental to quality of life. Malnutrition is common post-stroke, with smell and taste deficits being potential contributors. This study aimed to assess whether people who have had a stroke have smell and/or taste deficits, to elucidate any specific deficits including hedonic assessment, and to assess food liking, compared to healthy controls. A 1:3 age- and sex-matched design was employed, including 47 patients with stroke (28-90 years, 29% female), and 141 controls. A higher percentage of patients with stroke were anosmic (50%), thus could identify fewer scents, and were recorded to have a decline taste ability (46.5%), when compared to healthy controls (p < 0.05). Concu

SUBMITTER: Graham CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12700887 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature