University of Pennsylvania smell identification on Iranian population
Joint Authors
Jalessi, Maryam
Farhadi, Muhammad
Kamrava, Sayyid Kamran
Hemami, Muhsin Rezaei
Khosravian, Babak
Pousti, Behzad
Tihran, Ibrahim Amin
Source
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 16, Issue 1 (31 Jan. 2014), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2014-01-31
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Background : university of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) is one of the most common smell identification tests to assess olfactory function.
Objectives : the study was conducted to assess the accuracy of University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) in Iranian population.
Materials and Methods : university of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test was performed on 30 (50 %) female and 30 (50 %) male, who were healthy adult volunteers.
The total mean score as well as mean scores according to the gender were assessed and compared to the UPSIT classification.
Odors considered valid and accurate if its correct identification ability rate was more than 70 % among study population.
Results : The test score was 25.04 ± 4.92 in female and 23.29 ± 4.23 in male volunteers that all were considered as microsmia according to UPSIT.
Sixteen odorants were correctly identified by about 70 % of the volunteers and the remains 24 odorants were identified by less than 70 % ; 7, 5 and 12 odors was identified by 60 %-70 %, 50 %-60 % and less than 50 % of the volunteers, respectively.
Conclusions : according to the results of the study, documented that even less than half of the odors (16 out of 40) were identified correctly by the volunteers, which indicating that the UPSIT is not a suitable test to evaluate olfactory function in Iranian population due to the high amount of unfamiliar smells that should be replaced with more familiar ones.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kamrava, Sayyid Kamran& Farhadi, Muhammad& Jalessi, Maryam& Khosravian, Babak& Pousti, Behzad& Tihran, Ibrahim Amin…[et al.]. 2014. University of Pennsylvania smell identification on Iranian population. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 16, no. 1, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-350426
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kamrava, Sayyid Kamran…[et al.]. University of Pennsylvania smell identification on Iranian population. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 16, no. 1 (Jan. 2014), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-350426
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kamrava, Sayyid Kamran& Farhadi, Muhammad& Jalessi, Maryam& Khosravian, Babak& Pousti, Behzad& Tihran, Ibrahim Amin…[et al.]. University of Pennsylvania smell identification on Iranian population. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2014. Vol. 16, no. 1, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-350426
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 3
Record ID
BIM-350426