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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
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]