Olfactory Evaluation Using a Self-Administered Odor Questionnaire

• Tsuzuki Kenzo

  Department of Otolaryngology, Hyogo College of Medicine

• Fukazawa Keijiro

  Fukazawa Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic

• Takebayashi Hironori

  Department of Otolaryngology, Hyogo College of Medicine

• Oka Hideki

  Department of Otolaryngology, Hyogo College of Medicine

• Miwa Takaki

  Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University

• Kurono Yuichi

  Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University

• Nibu Kenichi

  Department of Otolaryngology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine

• Matsune Shoji

  Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University

• Uchida Jun

  Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Showa University School of Medicine

• Kobayashi Masayoshi

  Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine

• Ohta Yasushi

  Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University

• Shiga Hideaki

  Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University

• Kobayakawa Tatsu

  National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Institute for Human Science and Biomedical Engineering

• Sakagami Masafumi

  Department of Otolaryngology, Hyogo College of Medicine

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 簡易な嗅覚評価のための「日常のにおいアンケート」
• Olfactory evaluation using a self-administrated odor questionnaire

Abstract

We evaluated a 20-item self-administered odor questionnaire for assessing olfactory function, proposed in 2003 by the Japan Rhinologic Society committee on olfaction tests. The 20-items selected based on results of olfactory studies in Japan were steamed rice, miso, seaweed, soy sauce, baked bread, butter, curry, garlic, orange, strawberry, green tea, coffee, chocolate, household gas, garbage, timber, stercus (shit), sweat, flower, and perfume. Subjects were 302 people —179 men and 123 women (average age: 35.7 years)— having no history of nasal or paranasal disease and tested between December 2004 and December 2007. Subjects were asked to score items as follows: “always smelled” (2 points); “sometimes smelled” (1 point); “never smelled” (0 points); or “unknown or no recent experience” (no score). Scores were calculated and represented using a percentage. Response was 99.3% (300/302), with two subjects excluded for reporting more than 10 “unexplainable” items. The mean score was 95.2% (n=300). Of the 302, 281 (93.0%) agreed on the number and 252 (83.4%) on the content of items. Scores correlated statistically significantly with those of a visual analogue scale (r_s=0.501, p<0.0001, n=300). We concluded that the self-administered odor questionnaire is useful in assessing olfactory function in normal subjects. The next step will be to administer the questionnaire to diseased or otherwise compromised subjects to determine whether it is useful for clinically diagnosing such olfactory dysfunction.

Journal

• Nihon Bika Gakkai Kaishi (Japanese Journal of Rhinology)

  Nihon Bika Gakkai Kaishi (Japanese Journal of Rhinology) 48 (1), 1-7, 2009

  Japan Rhinologic Society

Keywords

• self-administered odor questionnaire
• olfactory evaluation
• questionnaire score

Details

• CRID: 1390001204737538944
• NII Article ID: 10024944923
• NII Article ID: 130004545949
• NII Book ID: AN00062865
• DOI: 10.7248/jjrhi.48.1
• ISSN: 18837077
• ISSN: 09109153
• ISSN: http://id.crossref.org/issn/09109153
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2009233784
• Text Lang: en
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