Yücepur Cemil, Ozücer Berke, Değirmenci Nazan, Yıldırım Yalçın, Veyseller Bayram, Ozturan Orhan
Department of Otolaryngology, Bezmiâlem Vakıf University, İstanbul, Turkey.
Kulak Burun Bogaz Ihtis Derg. 2012 Mar-Apr;22(2):77-80. doi: 10.5606/kbbihtisas.2012.014.
The aim of this study was to investigate whether UPSIT (The University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test) clinical olfactory function test is suitable to assess olfactory function in Turkish population.
Fifty healthy Turkish volunteers (21 males, 29 females; mean age 31.5±8.7 years; range 20 to 49 years) who underwent a detailed otorhinolaryngological examination were included in the study. Subjects with abnormal findings suggesting olfactory dysfunction were excluded from the study. UPSIT and Connecticut Chemosensory Clinical Research Center (CCCRC) tests were carried out for each individual separately.
Mean CCCRC test score was 6.3±0.6 out of 7. Ten volunteers scored between 5-5.75 were considered mild hyposmia, while 40 volunteers scored between 6-7 were evaluated as normosmic. Volunteers correctly identified 21.4±4.7 odors out of 40 odors in UPSIT test.
We concluded that UPSIT test is insufficient for the evaluation of olfactory function in Turkish population. Our results suggest that UPSIT test contains odors which are unfamiliar to Turkish population. Therefore, it is essential to either modify odors of UPSIT test or establish normative data suitable to Turkish population for evaluating the scores to avoid false olfactory function assessment.
本研究旨在调查宾夕法尼亚大学嗅觉识别测试（UPSIT）临床嗅觉功能测试是否适用于评估土耳其人群的嗅觉功能。
本研究纳入了50名接受详细耳鼻喉科检查的健康土耳其志愿者（21名男性，29名女性；平均年龄31.5±8.7岁；年龄范围20至49岁）。有提示嗅觉功能障碍异常发现的受试者被排除在研究之外。对每位受试者分别进行UPSIT和康涅狄格化学感觉临床研究中心（CCCRC）测试。
CCCRC测试平均得分为6.3±0.6（满分7分）。10名得分在5 - 5.75之间的志愿者被认为有轻度嗅觉减退，而40名得分在6 - 7之间的志愿者被评估为嗅觉正常。在UPSIT测试中，志愿者从40种气味中正确识别出21.4±4.7种气味。
我们得出结论，UPSIT测试不足以评估土耳其人群的嗅觉功能。我们的结果表明，UPSIT测试中的气味是土耳其人群不熟悉的。因此，必须要么修改UPSIT测试的气味，要么建立适合土耳其人群的标准数据以评估分数，以避免嗅觉功能评估出现错误。
