Anosmia, Brain Injuries, Traumatic, Occupational Therapy
Conditions
Keywords
occupational therapy, anosmia, brain injuries, traumatic
Brief summary
The aim of our study was to compare the recovery of smell in people suffering posttraumatic olfactory impairment following a systematic olfactory rehabilitation performed by occupational therapists to natural recovery in a control posttraumatic group of patients.
Detailed description
Forty participants started the study: 20 for the control group and 20 for the treatment group. The mean of the time span between the traumatic event and the first visit in the rehabilitation group was longer than 22 months, time enough to wait any kind of spontaneous recovery. In order to establish correct comparisons, the investigators analyzed whether both groups of participants (control group and treatment group) were homogeneous or not regarding the age, gender, time span between the traumatic event and the first visit to the office, brain damage and loss of conscience. Investigators administered visual analogic scale (VAS), CCCRC olfactory test and quality of life questionnaire (RSDI) to both groups at the beginning of the study and 12 months late
Interventions
BEHAVIORALolfactory rehabilitation
treatment for improve olfactory function
Sponsors
Cristina Gomez Calero
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Intervention model description
control group and experimental group
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Olfactory loss participants from institution to the Smell & Tast Office, Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón. All participants provided written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* No sign informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CCCRC | 6 months | the Connecticut Chemosensorial Clinical Research Centre test (CCCRC) Cain, W.S., Goodspeed, R.B., Gent, J.F. & Leonard, G. (1988). Evaluation of olfactory dysfunction in the Connecticut Clinical Chemosensory Research Centre. Laryngoscope, 98:83-8. https://doi.org/10.1288/00005537-198801000-00017 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| RSDI | 6 months | Rhinosinusitis Disability Index. The Rhinosinusitis Disability Index (RSDI) is a 30-item, Likert-scale survey consisting of three individual subscales that include the physical, functional, and emotional domains. Total scores range between 0-120. Higher RSDI total and domain scores imply a higher impact of disease |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed