Odor identification test for Turkish society
Volkan Bilge Yiğit1, Fikret Çınar2, Cenk Evren3, Mehmet Birol Uğur4, Yalçın Özdemir5
1Zonguldak Atatürk Devlet Hastanesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Kliniği, Zonguldak, Türkiye
2İstanbul Bilim Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
3İstanbul Medilife Beylikdüzü Hastanesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye
4Gazi Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye
5Edremit Devlet Hastanesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Kliniği, Balıkesir, Türkiye
Keywords: Identification test, smell loss, threshold test.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to determine the odors recognized by Turkish people and standardize these odors for odor diseases.
METHODS: Odor test was implemented to 200 individuals (103 males, 97 females; mean age 35.72 years; range 15 to 60 years) who have not experienced active infection and have passed the butanol threshold test. Twenty different odors contained in bottles with roll-on caps were smelled by the subjects by rubbing in equal amounts on blotting papers and subjects were asked what the odor was accompanied by six multiple choice alternatives.
RESULTS: Identification score was above 65% for strawberry, banana, rose, mint, clove, cinnamon, lemon, orange, lavender, and garlic; between 20 to 65% for basil, apple, peach, lilac, juniper, and nigella; and below 20% for myrtle, melissa, cardamom, and elaeagnus.
CONCLUSION: Odors of strawberry, banana, rose, mint, clove, cinnamon, lemon, orange, lavender, and garlic are suitable as basic odor choices in odor tests to be performed in Turkey.