Applying a new version of the Brazilian-Portuguese UPSIT smell test in Brazil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Laura Silveira-moriyama²  Adriana M.s Azevedo¹  Ronald Ranvaud¹  Egberto R Barbosa¹  Richard L Doty¹  Andrew J Lees² 

[1] ,UCL Institute of Neurology Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Diseases London,UK

关键词: olfaction;    odor;    smell identification;    olfactory test;    smell test;    UPSIT;    Brazil;    Portuguese;    Brazilian;    income;    olfato;    olfação;    teste de olfato;    UPSIT;    Brasil;    Português;    fatores socioeconômicos;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2010000500005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Standardized olfactory tests are now available to quantitatively assess disorders of olfaction. A Brazilian-Portuguese version of the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) is currently being developed specifically for the Brazilian population. The most recent Brazilian-Portuguese version of the UPSIT (UPSIT-Br2) was administered to 88 Brazilian subjects who had no history of neurological or otorhinolaryngological disease. UPSIT-Br2 scores decreased with age, were lower in men than in women, and were lower in subjects with lower income. The degree to which the poorer performance of subjects with lower socio-economic status reflects lack of familiarity with test items is not known. Although this version of the UPSIT provides a sensitive and useful test of smell function for the Brazilian population, a revision of some test items is needed to achieve comparable norms to those found using the North American UPSIT in the United States.

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