Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, 13-1, Takaramachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-8640, Japan.
Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2020 May;50(5):1809-1815. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3710-y.
The elucidation of odour awareness in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is important. We compared the odour awareness of young children with ASD with those of typical development (TD) children using the Children's Olfactory Behavior in Everyday Life (COBEL) questionnaire, which is a self-report measure that mainly assesses odour awareness. Forty-five young boys (aged 5-6 years), including 20 children with ASD and 25 TD children, participated in this study. The total COBEL score of the young children with ASD was lower than that of the TD children (p < 0.01). Moreover, the total COBEL score was significantly correlated with the total VABS II score (p < 0.05). Our results improve understanding of the odour awareness in children with ASD.
阐明自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的嗅觉意识很重要。我们使用儿童日常生活中的嗅觉行为（COBEL）问卷比较了 ASD 儿童和典型发育（TD）儿童的嗅觉意识，COBEL 问卷是一种自我报告的测量方法，主要评估嗅觉意识。本研究共纳入 45 名 5-6 岁的男孩，其中 20 名 ASD 儿童，25 名 TD 儿童。ASD 儿童的 COBEL 总分低于 TD 儿童（p<0.01）。此外，COBEL 总分与 VABS II 总分显著相关（p<0.05）。我们的研究结果提高了对 ASD 儿童嗅觉意识的理解。
