Prevalence and Characteristics of Altered Sense of Smell/Taste During Covid-19 first wave : A French Nationwide Cross-sectional Study

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AIM: Altered sense of smell and/or taste is a leading symptom of SARS-CoV-2 infection, but its prevalence at a population-level is unknown.

METHODS: From a questionnaire addressed to a representative subset of the French general adult (≥18-year) population over a 6-week period during the first French lockdown (April 7 to May 19 2020), self-reported new cases of altered sense of smell and/or taste were collected.

RESULTS: From 29,660 participants, new altered sense of smell and/or taste was 2.18% and 2.11% after direct standardization on the French population representing more than 1,110,000 subjects in France. Moreover, 0.5% of participants reported a positive SARS-CoV-2 test, among which 47.4% reported a newly altered sense of smell and/or taste. Male participants, younger ones together with those presenting with chronic condition had higher odds of reporting a newly altered sense of smell and/or taste.

CONCLUSION: This study provides an accurate estimate of new cases of altered sense of smell and/or taste in the general population at a nationwide level during the Covid-19 first wave.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:139

Enthalten in:

European annals of otorhinolaryngology, head and neck diseases - 139(2022), 1 vom: 15. Jan., Seite 9-12

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lisan, Q [VerfasserIn]
Fieux, M [VerfasserIn]
Tran Khai, N [VerfasserIn]
Nevoux, J [VerfasserIn]
Papon, J-F [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Altered olfaction
Altered smell
Covid-19
Epidemiology
Journal Article

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Date Completed 02.02.2022

Date Revised 03.01.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.anorl.2021.05.010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM325985324