Clinical significance of smell and taste dysfunction and other related factors in COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The objective of this study is to evaluate smell and taste dysfunction (STD) in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positive and negative patients, and to assess the factors associated with STD in COVID-19 positive patients.

Methods

Patients who had been tested with the real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for COVID-19 were identified, and according to the RT-PCR test results, patients were separated into Positive and Negative Groups. A telephone-based assessment was applied to both groups using the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Anosmia Reporting Tool. Patients in Positive Group were also asked to rate STD, nasal breathing, and anxiety in three different time periods (pre-/during-/post-COVID) using the visual a

SUBMITTER: Kavaz E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7775728 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature