Prevalence Of Gustatory And Olfactory Impairment In Different Stages Of Sars-Cov-2 Infected Pateints In Isolation Ward.
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad
; 34(2): 313-316, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1865796
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
To evaluate the prevalence of gustatory and olfactory impairment and its correlation with the severity of SARS-Cov-2 infection as per WHO guidelines.METHODS:
A total of 241 patients of both gender having age from 15-80 years were included in the study. It was cross Sectional study conducted at SARS-COV-2 Isolation wards of Pakistan institute of medical science Islamabad from 15thSeptember 2020 to 15th January 2021. Convenient sampling technique was used to collect data. A proforma was designed for this purpose. Participants were divided into 3 groups on the basis of age. Group-1 (15-30 years), group-2 (31-50 years) and group 3 (51-80 years). Further the participants were graded into mild, moderate and severe stages of Sars-Cov-2 infection according to WHO guidelines. Statistical analysis was performed by using SPSS version 20.RESULTS:
In this study 66% were male and 34% population were the female. Regarding the age groups 72% population were from the group-3. Results of study shows 47% in mild stage, 45% in moderate stage and 8% severe stage. The results regarding the Gustatory and Olfactory impairment showed that 126 had gustatory impairment while 130 patients had olfactory impairment.CONCLUSIONS:
We found strong relationship of olfactory and gustatory changes associated with SARS-COV-2 patients. It is premature to conclude that taste and smell changes are strongly linked to SARS-COV-2 diagnosis. Further multi center researches are required to find out possible pathophysiological mechanism.Keywords
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Olfaction Disorders
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Young adult
Language:
English
Journal:
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
JAMC-02-9228
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