Prevalence of anosmia among COVID-19 patients in Taif City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Med J
; 42(1): 38-43, 2021 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1006808
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To assess the prevalence of anosmia in coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) patients. Coronavirus-19-related anosmia and hyposmia is a new emerging concept in the medical literature.METHODS:
A retrospective study on COVID-19 patients with anosmia and hyposmia was performed during the period between May-July, 2020. The inclusion criteria were all clinically stable COVID-19 patients less than 15 years old with positive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Patients who refused to participate or leave incomplete questions were excluded. In this study, we investigated 1022 patients who met our criteria.RESULTS:
Olfactory dysfunction (OD) was reported by 53% of our COVID-19 patients, of which 32.7% were anosmic and 20.3% were hyposmic. Other neurological symptoms included ageusia (51.4%), fatigue (63%), myalgia (59.2%), and headache (50.9%), all of which showed significant association with OD. In addition, anosmia had a significant association with young age and female gender. However, there was no association between OD and pre-existing neurological disease.CONCLUSION:
Half of our COVID-19 patients presented OD (anosmia/hyposmia), which often associated with ageusia and many neurological symptoms.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anosmia
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
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Middle aged
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Saudi Med J
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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