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What about using sniffin' sticks 12 items test to screen post-COVID-19 olfactory disorders?


ABSTRACT:

Background

Post-COVID-19 Olfactory impairment has a negative impact on quality of life. The Sniffin Sticks test 12 items (SST-12) can be used in quick olfactory disorders screening. Its evaluation in a post-covid-19 situation was the main objective of this work.

Methods

All patient impaired with a post-COVID olfactory loss were included while consulting to the ENT department. The clinical examination included an olfaction recovery self-assessment (VAS), a nasofibroscopy, a quality of life (QoL) assessment, the complete Sniffin' Sticks Test (SST), and the SST-12.

Results

Among the 54 patients included, 92% (n = 50) were correctly screened as olfactory impaired by SST-12. We report excellent correlations between SST-12 and SST (rho (52) = 0.98, p < 0.001), QoL(rho(52) = 0.33 p = 0.016), or VAS (rho(52) = 0.49, p < 0.001) assessments.

Conclusions

SST-12 is a quick and reliable tool to screen large-scale population of post-COVID-19 olfactory impaired patients and could be used in a general daily clinical practice.

SUBMITTER: Vandersteen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8556789 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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What about using sniffin' sticks 12 items test to screen post-COVID-19 olfactory disorders?

Vandersteen Clair C   Payne Magali M   Dumas Louise-Émilie LÉ   Plonka Alexandra A   D'Andréa Grégoire G   Chirio David D   Demonchy Élisa É   Risso Karine K   Robert Philippe P   Fernandez Xavier X   Askenazy-Gittard Florence F   Savoldelli Charles C   Guevara Nicolas N   Castillo Laurent L   Manera Valeria V   Gros Auriane A  

European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 20211030 7


<h4>Background</h4>Post-COVID-19 Olfactory impairment has a negative impact on quality of life. The Sniffin Sticks test 12 items (SST-12) can be used in quick olfactory disorders screening. Its evaluation in a post-covid-19 situation was the main objective of this work.<h4>Methods</h4>All patient impaired with a post-COVID olfactory loss were included while consulting to the ENT department. The clinical examination included an olfaction recovery self-assessment (VAS), a nasofibroscopy, a quality  ...[more]

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