Normative data for odor identification performance using the U-sniff test from Chinese children and adolescents

IF 1.6 3区农林科学 Q3 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Journal of Sensory Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-11 DOI:10.1111/joss.12859

Yi-qi Qiu, Han Zhou, Qian-wen Ma, Valentin A. Schriever, Thomas Hummel, Lai-quan Zou

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Abstract

The sense of smell is essential in daily life. Children with olfactory dysfunction face a series of problems, so assessing olfactory function during early-life period is very important. The Universal Sniff (U-Sniff) test is a widely used measurement of odor identification ability in children and adolescents, although there is a lack of normative data in China. Therefore, the aim of this study was to establish normative data for the U-Sniff test in a large sample of healthy Chinese children and adolescents. A total of 922 healthy children and adolescents (441 boys, 481 girls) aged 6–17 years from China were involved in this study. Odor identification performance was assessed using the U-Sniff test. The U-Sniff test mean score across all participants was 10.50 ± 1.73 points (range 1–12). U-Sniff test scores increased with age, and no effects of sex or an interaction between age group and sex were recorded in this population.

Practical Applications

There is currently no published data reporting normative data of the U-Sniff test among Chinese children and adolescents. From the present research, normative data for olfactory identification using the U-Sniff test have been established for Chinese population aged 6–17 years. This study provides routine measurements to support future examinations at hospitals, school check-ups and so on, which can help patients with reduced olfactory function receive appropriate therapy as early as possible.

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中国儿童和青少年使用U型嗅觉测试进行气味识别性能的规范性数据

嗅觉在日常生活中是必不可少的。嗅觉功能障碍儿童面临一系列问题，因此早期评估嗅觉功能是非常重要的。通用嗅探(U-Sniff)测试是一种广泛用于儿童和青少年气味识别能力的测量方法，尽管在中国缺乏规范性数据。因此，本研究的目的是在中国健康儿童和青少年的大样本中建立U-Sniff测试的规范数据。共有922名6-17岁的中国健康儿童和青少年(441名男孩，481名女孩)参与了本研究。使用U-Sniff测试评估气味识别性能。所有参与者的U-Sniff测试平均得分为10.50±1.73分(范围1-12)。U-Sniff测试分数随着年龄的增长而增加，在这个人群中没有记录到性别的影响，也没有记录到年龄组和性别之间的相互作用。中国儿童和青少年U-Sniff测试的规范性数据目前尚无公开的报告。通过本研究，建立了中国6-17岁人群嗅觉识别的标准数据。本研究为未来的医院检查、学校检查等提供了常规测量方法，有助于嗅觉功能减退患者尽早得到适当的治疗。

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Journal of Sensory Studies 工程技术-食品科技

CiteScore

3.80

自引率

20.00%

发文量

审稿时长

18-36 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Sensory Studies publishes original research and review articles, as well as expository and tutorial papers focusing on observational and experimental studies that lead to development and application of sensory and consumer (including behavior) methods to products such as food and beverage, medical, agricultural, biological, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, or other materials; information such as marketing and consumer information; or improvement of services based on sensory methods. All papers should show some advancement of sensory science in terms of methods. The journal does NOT publish papers that focus primarily on the application of standard sensory techniques to experimental variations in products unless the authors can show a unique application of sensory in an unusual way or in a new product category where sensory methods usually have not been applied.