Iranian Smell Diagnostic Test in Covid-19 Disease; Report of Covid-19 Center of North of Iran

Background: SARS-CoV-2 is a pandemic coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 syndrome. In the pandemic of COVID-19 many patients were affected to new onset olfactory dysfunction. Since there is a dearth of research studies regarding the standard smell test, the present study was conducted to fill this...

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Main Authors: Shayan Alijanpour, Payam Saadat, Mehran Shokri, Sepanta Saadat, Azam Khodami
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Language:English
Published: Babol University of Medical Sciences 2022-01-01
Series:Caspian Journal of Internal Medicine
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author Shayan Alijanpour
Payam Saadat
Mehran Shokri
Sepanta Saadat
Azam Khodami
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Payam Saadat
Mehran Shokri
Sepanta Saadat
Azam Khodami
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description Background: SARS-CoV-2 is a pandemic coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 syndrome. In the pandemic of COVID-19 many patients were affected to new onset olfactory dysfunction. Since there is a dearth of research studies regarding the standard smell test, the present study was conducted to fill this gap. Methods: The present retrospective cohort study was conducted on 250 clients with or without diagnosis of Covid-19 disease who referred to Covid-19 centers of North of Iran. Two groups were matched for age and sex. Data were collected by examination, demographic and clinical information questionnaire and Iranian smell diagnostic test. The binary logistic regression to estimate the odds ratio value in SPSS version 23.0 was used. Results: One-hundred cases (42.2%) had hyposmia and 20 cases (8.4%) were found to have anosmia. Type of covid-19 sign and symptom were statistically significant with olfactory dysfunction (41 cases, 31.8%), fever (28 cases, 21.7%), weakness and dyspnea (15 cases, 11.6%), (p=0.0001). The urban residency equal OR=6.42 (3.04-13.53) to rural residency for olfactory dysfunction (p=0.0001). Covid-19 patients’ OR=61.25 (27.36-137.11) chance to be affected by the olfactory dysfunction in compare to control group (p=0.0001). Also, with increasing age, chance of olfactory dysfunction changed from OR=0.61(1.16-0.13) to OR=1.89 (0.82-4.33). Furthermore, female chance OR=1.21 (0.72-2.03) and employee patients was OR=2.29 (1.30-4.04) to olfactory dysfunction. Conclusion: Alf of the patients were affected by olfactory dysfunction. Furthermore, Covid-19 patients, urban residency, lower age, female and employee were the prognostic factors for olfactory dysfunction. The standard olfactory tests such as IR-SIT is suggested for screening and detecting the clients probably affected by covid-19 especially in younger ages.
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spelling doaj.art-b014bf31fd7c444a80b95e7acb27e7062022-12-21T19:00:56ZengBabol University of Medical SciencesCaspian Journal of Internal Medicine2008-61642008-61722022-01-0113Covid 19 Supplement 2204210Iranian Smell Diagnostic Test in Covid-19 Disease; Report of Covid-19 Center of North of IranShayan Alijanpour0Payam Saadat1Mehran Shokri2Sepanta Saadat3Azam Khodami4 Research and Planning Unit, Pre-hospital Emergency Organization and Emergency Medical Service Center, Babol University of Medical Science, Babol, Iran Mobility Impairment Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran Student Research committee, Zahedan University of Medical Science, Zahedan, Iran Ayatollah Rouhani Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran Background: SARS-CoV-2 is a pandemic coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 syndrome. In the pandemic of COVID-19 many patients were affected to new onset olfactory dysfunction. Since there is a dearth of research studies regarding the standard smell test, the present study was conducted to fill this gap. Methods: The present retrospective cohort study was conducted on 250 clients with or without diagnosis of Covid-19 disease who referred to Covid-19 centers of North of Iran. Two groups were matched for age and sex. Data were collected by examination, demographic and clinical information questionnaire and Iranian smell diagnostic test. The binary logistic regression to estimate the odds ratio value in SPSS version 23.0 was used. Results: One-hundred cases (42.2%) had hyposmia and 20 cases (8.4%) were found to have anosmia. Type of covid-19 sign and symptom were statistically significant with olfactory dysfunction (41 cases, 31.8%), fever (28 cases, 21.7%), weakness and dyspnea (15 cases, 11.6%), (p=0.0001). The urban residency equal OR=6.42 (3.04-13.53) to rural residency for olfactory dysfunction (p=0.0001). Covid-19 patients’ OR=61.25 (27.36-137.11) chance to be affected by the olfactory dysfunction in compare to control group (p=0.0001). Also, with increasing age, chance of olfactory dysfunction changed from OR=0.61(1.16-0.13) to OR=1.89 (0.82-4.33). Furthermore, female chance OR=1.21 (0.72-2.03) and employee patients was OR=2.29 (1.30-4.04) to olfactory dysfunction. Conclusion: Alf of the patients were affected by olfactory dysfunction. Furthermore, Covid-19 patients, urban residency, lower age, female and employee were the prognostic factors for olfactory dysfunction. The standard olfactory tests such as IR-SIT is suggested for screening and detecting the clients probably affected by covid-19 especially in younger ages.http://caspjim.com/article-1-2889-en.htmlolfaction disorderscovid-19coronavirus infectionscoronavirus
spellingShingle Shayan Alijanpour
Payam Saadat
Mehran Shokri
Sepanta Saadat
Azam Khodami
Iranian Smell Diagnostic Test in Covid-19 Disease; Report of Covid-19 Center of North of Iran
Caspian Journal of Internal Medicine
olfaction disorders
covid-19
coronavirus infections
coronavirus
title Iranian Smell Diagnostic Test in Covid-19 Disease; Report of Covid-19 Center of North of Iran
title_full Iranian Smell Diagnostic Test in Covid-19 Disease; Report of Covid-19 Center of North of Iran
title_fullStr Iranian Smell Diagnostic Test in Covid-19 Disease; Report of Covid-19 Center of North of Iran
title_full_unstemmed Iranian Smell Diagnostic Test in Covid-19 Disease; Report of Covid-19 Center of North of Iran
title_short Iranian Smell Diagnostic Test in Covid-19 Disease; Report of Covid-19 Center of North of Iran
title_sort iranian smell diagnostic test in covid 19 disease report of covid 19 center of north of iran
topic olfaction disorders
covid-19
coronavirus infections
coronavirus
url http://caspjim.com/article-1-2889-en.html
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