Sorokowska A, Albrecht E, Haehner A, Hummel T
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, Germany; Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Poland.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, Germany.
J Neurosci Methods. 2015 Mar 30;243:111-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.01.034. Epub 2015 Feb 10.
The extended, 32-item version of the Sniffin' Sticks identification test was developed in order to create a precise tool enabling repeated, longitudinal testing of individual olfactory subfunctions.
Odors of the previous test version had to be changed for technical reasons, and the odor identification test needed re-investigation in terms of reliability, validity, and normative values.
In our study we investigated olfactory abilities of a group of 100 patients with olfactory dysfunction and 100 controls. We reconfirmed the high test-retest reliability of the extended version of the Sniffin' Sticks identification test and high correlations between the new and the original part of this tool. In addition, we confirmed the validity of the test as it discriminated clearly between controls and patients with olfactory loss.
COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHOD(S): The additional set of 16 odor identification sticks can be either included in the current olfactory test, thus creating a more detailed diagnosis tool, or it can be used separately, enabling to follow olfactory function over time. Additionally, the normative values presented in our paper might provide useful guidelines for interpretation of the extended identification test results.
The revised version of the Sniffin' Sticks 32-item odor identification test is a reliable and valid tool for the assessment of olfactory function.
开发了32项的扩展版嗅觉棒识别测试，以创建一个精确的工具，用于对个体嗅觉子功能进行重复的纵向测试。
由于技术原因，必须更改先前测试版本的气味，并且气味识别测试需要在可靠性、有效性和标准值方面进行重新研究。
在我们的研究中，我们调查了100名嗅觉功能障碍患者和100名对照者的嗅觉能力。我们再次证实了嗅觉棒识别测试扩展版的高重测信度，以及该工具新部分与原始部分之间的高度相关性。此外，我们证实了该测试的有效性，因为它能清楚地区分对照者和嗅觉丧失患者。
额外的16根气味识别棒既可以包含在当前的嗅觉测试中，从而创建一个更详细的诊断工具，也可以单独使用，以便随时间跟踪嗅觉功能。此外，我们论文中给出的标准值可能为解释扩展识别测试结果提供有用的指导。
修订后的32项嗅觉棒气味识别测试是评估嗅觉功能的可靠且有效的工具。
