Varvyanskaya A V, Kaspranskaya G R, Kozlov V V
Polyclinic No. 1 of the Presidential Property Management Department of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan.
Vestn Otorinolaringol. 2024;89(3):36-40. doi: 10.17116/otorino20248903136.
The psychophysical Sniffin' Sticks test, which includes an odor identification test, is the gold standard for assessing the sense of smell in clinical and scientific practice. A necessary requirement for the odor identification test is a close familiarity with the odors used by the inhabitants of the region in which it is used. We studied 77 healthy volunteers and 51 patients with olfactory dysfunction and we found that Russians are not familiar with the three smells from the test (licorice, turpentine and anise) and are completely unfamiliar with the one proposed alternative answer (chives). Moreover, four odors demonstrated very low recognition (less than 75%). The test has been adapted for the use In Russia. In the booklet, licorice is replaced by cough syrup, turpentine by paint thinner, and chives by bay leaf. For odors with low recognition (lemon, apple, pineapple), the alternative fruity odors in the booklet were replaced with more contrasting ones. Based on the data obtained, we are going to develop a domestic version of the odor identification test.
心理物理嗅棒测试，其中包括气味识别测试，是临床和科学实践中评估嗅觉的金标准。气味识别测试的一个必要条件是要非常熟悉该测试所使用地区居民所接触到的气味。我们研究了77名健康志愿者和51名嗅觉功能障碍患者，发现俄罗斯人不熟悉测试中的三种气味（甘草、松节油和茴芹），并且对一个建议的替代答案（细香葱）完全不熟悉。此外，四种气味的识别率非常低（低于75%）。该测试已针对俄罗斯的使用情况进行了调整。在手册中，甘草被止咳糖浆取代，松节油被油漆稀释剂取代，细香葱被月桂叶取代。对于识别率较低的气味（柠檬、苹果、菠萝），手册中替代的果香气味被换成了对比性更强的气味。基于所获得的数据，我们打算开发一个国产版的气味识别测试。
