Silveira-Moriyama Laura, Azevedo Adriana M S, Ranvaud Ronald, Barbosa Egberto R, Doty Richard L, Lees Andrew J
Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Diseases, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2010 Oct;68(5):700-5. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x2010000500005.
Standardized olfactory tests are now available to quantitatively assess disorders of olfaction. A Brazilian-Portuguese version of the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) is currently being developed specifically for the Brazilian population. The most recent Brazilian-Portuguese version of the UPSIT (UPSIT-Br2) was administered to 88 Brazilian subjects who had no history of neurological or otorhinolaryngological disease. UPSIT-Br2 scores decreased with age, were lower in men than in women, and were lower in subjects with lower income. The degree to which the poorer performance of subjects with lower socio-economic status reflects lack of familiarity with test items is not known. Although this version of the UPSIT provides a sensitive and useful test of smell function for the Brazilian population, a revision of some test items is needed to achieve comparable norms to those found using the North American UPSIT in the United States.
现在有标准化的嗅觉测试可用于定量评估嗅觉障碍。目前正在专门为巴西人群开发宾夕法尼亚大学嗅觉识别测试（UPSIT）的巴西葡萄牙语版本。最新的巴西葡萄牙语版UPSIT（UPSIT-Br2）被施用于88名无神经或耳鼻喉疾病史的巴西受试者。UPSIT-Br2得分随年龄增长而降低，男性低于女性，且低收入受试者得分更低。社会经济地位较低的受试者表现较差在多大程度上反映了对测试项目不熟悉尚不清楚。尽管这个版本的UPSIT为巴西人群提供了一种灵敏且有用的嗅觉功能测试，但仍需要对一些测试项目进行修订，以达到与美国使用北美版UPSIT所获得的可比标准。
