The Clinical Applicability of the 'TIB' Olfactory Test Device

N/ACompletedNCT05152030

Taichung Veterans General Hospital180 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity and test-retest reliability of the 'TIB' Olfactory Test Device, a new olfactory test tool developed by Top International Biotech, Taipei, and to determine its normative values. The olfactory function of 180 subjects was evaluated using both the traditional Chinese version of the University of Pennsylvania of Smell Identification Test (UPSIT-TC) and TIB. The subjects consisted of 60 healthy volunteers (normosmic group), 60 hyposmic patients, and 60 anosmic patients. The healthy volunteers were retested with the UPSIT-TC and TIB at an inter-test interval of at least 7 days. The cut-off scores of TIB among the different groups were determined by receiver operating characteristic curve.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

180

Conditions

Anosmia Hyposmia

Interventions

'TIB' Olfactory TestDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

A new smell identification test, 'TIB' Olfactory Test Device (Top International Biotech, Taipei) has been developed in Taiwan. It consists of 16 tests with an odorant embedded in fragrant microcapsules positioned on a strip. The examinee scratches the strip to release the odorant. The released odorant is sniffed and the examinee identifies the odorant by choosing a name from a set of 4 odor descriptors. This process is then repeated with the next odorant on the strip.

Traditional Chinese version of the University of Pennsylvania of Smell Identification Test (UPSIT-TC)DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

The University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT), which was developed at the University of Pennsylvania, is one of the most reliable and the most widely used olfactory test.The test consists of four 10-odorant booklets. Each odorant is embedded in 10 to 50 µm urea-formaldehyde polymer microencapsules fixed in a proprietary binder and positioned on a brown strip which is located at the bottom of each page of the test booklet.4 When the examinee takes the test, each of the 40 odorants is released by scratching the strip with a pencil tip. The released odorant is sniffed and the examinee identifies the odorant by choosing a name from a set of 4 odor descriptors.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 59 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Normosmic group were self-reported absence of deficits in olfaction. Hyposmic patients were loss of olfactory function with a phenyl ethyl alcohol (PEA) odor detection threshold below -1. Anosmic patients were loss of olfactory function with a PEA threshold equal to -1. Exclusion Criteria: * History of sinonasal symptoms within a week before the test

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

validity of TIB olfactory test

Criterion validity: Correlation between UPSIT-TC and TIB olfactory test

Time frame: 30 minutes to 1 hour

Reliability of TIB olfactory test

Test-retest reliability

Time frame: 1 week