Prevalence and recovery time of olfactory and gustatory dysfunction in hospitalized patients with COVID‑19 in Wuhan, China

Objective: To investigate olfactory and gustatory dysfunction in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan using a telephone interview. Methods: This retrospective telephone survey investigated 196 consecutive patients with COVID-19 at 3 months after discharge from two hospitals in Wuhan, China. The characteristics of the patient’s disease course and time to recovery from olfactory and/or gustatory dysfunction (OD and/or GD) were collected by telephone interview. Demographic data were collected from the patient medical records. Results: A total of 196 patients with COVID-19 completed the study. The most prevalent general symptoms were fever, cough, and fatigue. Overall, 19.9% of the patients reported OD and/or GD. In 87.2% of these cases, OD or GD appeared after the general symptoms. The time to recovery from OD and/or GD was more than 4 weeks in 51.4% of the patients. Patients with COVID-19 and OD and/or GD had significantly higher rates of cardiovascular disease than patients without OD and/or GD (p = 0.002). Conclusions: Recovery from chemosensory dysfunction (OD and/or GD) was slow, with over half of the patients taking more than 4 weeks to recover. Cardiovascular disease might be related to the development of olfactory or taste disorders in patients with COVID-19..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:100

Enthalten in:

International Journal of Infectious Diseases - 100(2020), Seite 507-512

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hao Lv [VerfasserIn]
Wei Zhang [VerfasserIn]
Zhanyong Zhu [VerfasserIn]
Qiutang Xiong [VerfasserIn]
Rong Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Yingying Wang [VerfasserIn]
Wendan Shi [VerfasserIn]
Zhifeng Deng [VerfasserIn]
Yu Xu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Gustatory disorders
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Olfactory disorders
Recovery
SARS-CoV-2

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.039

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DOAJ016414276