Evaluation of Olfactory and Gustatory Function of HIV Infected Women
Joint Authors
Akinyinka, Olusegun O.
Fasunla, Ayotunde James
Daniel, Adekunle
Nwankwo, Ukamaka
Kuti, Kehinde Mobolanle
Nwaorgu, Onyekwere George
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-03-07
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Compliance with medication requires good sense of smell and taste.
Objective.
To evaluate the olfactory and gustatory function of HIV infected women in Ibadan, Nigeria.
Methods.
A case control study of women comprising 83 HIV infected women and 79 HIV uninfected women.
Subjective self-rating of taste and smell function was by visual analogue scale.
Olfactory function was measured via olfactory threshold (OT), olfactory discrimination (OD), olfactory identification (OI), and TDI using “Sniffin’ sticks” kits and taste function (Total Taste Strips (TTS) score) measurement was by taste strips.
Results.
The mean age of the HIV infected women was 43.67 years ± 10.72 and control was 41.48 years ± 10.99.
There was no significant difference in the self-reported assessment of smell ( p = 0.67 ) and taste ( p = 0.84 ) of HIV infected and uninfected women.
Although the mean OT, OD, OI, TDI, and TTS scores of HIV infected and uninfected women were within the normosmic and normogeusic values, the values were significantly higher in the controls ( p < 0.05 ).
Hyposmia was in 39.7% of subjects and 12.6% of controls while hypogeusia was in 15.7% of subjects and 1.3% of controls.
Conclusions.
Hyposmia and hypogeusia are commoner among the HIV infected women than the HIV uninfected women and the risk increases with an increased duration of highly active antiretroviral therapy.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Fasunla, Ayotunde James& Daniel, Adekunle& Nwankwo, Ukamaka& Kuti, Kehinde Mobolanle& Nwaorgu, Onyekwere George& Akinyinka, Olusegun O.. 2016. Evaluation of Olfactory and Gustatory Function of HIV Infected Women. AIDS Research and Treatment،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1096695
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Fasunla, Ayotunde James…[et al.]. Evaluation of Olfactory and Gustatory Function of HIV Infected Women. AIDS Research and Treatment No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Fasunla, Ayotunde James& Daniel, Adekunle& Nwankwo, Ukamaka& Kuti, Kehinde Mobolanle& Nwaorgu, Onyekwere George& Akinyinka, Olusegun O.. Evaluation of Olfactory and Gustatory Function of HIV Infected Women. AIDS Research and Treatment. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1096695
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1096695