Development and Psychometric Validation of the Olfactory Dysfunction Outcomes Rating.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Olfactory dysfunction (OD) is an increasingly common and morbid condition, especially given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, the ability to reproducibly measure smell loss-associated quality of life (QOL) and its response to treatment is paramount.

Objective

To develop and validate a concise and visually appealing smell loss-associated QOL patient-reported outcome measure for OD.

Design, setting, and participants

A secondary analysis of comments to an online survey by 1000 patients with olfactory dysfunction published in 2013 was used as the primary source to generate items of the Olfactory Dysfunction Outcomes Rating (ODOR). In addition, 30 patients with OD enrolled in 2 clinical studies at a tertiary care medical center (Washington University) were as

SUBMITTER: Lee JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9585455 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature