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Olfactory training for enhancing mood and social cognition: A single-blind randomized controlled study

Olfactory training for enhancing mood and social cognition: A single-blind randomized controlled study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
TCTR
Registry ID
TCTR20250812001
Enrollment
140
Registered
2025-08-12
Start date
2026-01-07
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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Conditions

social cognition cognition mood symptoms emotions hedonic capacity depressive symptoms anxiety olfactory function Olfactory Training Cognition Social Cognition Emotions Affect Depression Anhedonia Anxiety Quality of Life Olfactory Perception

Interventions

Olfactory training for 12 weeks with twice-daily sessions (morning and before bed-time) In each session, participants sequentially use 4 odors with the highest scores on the Good Smell Index and sniff
Experimental Other,No Intervention Other
Olfactory Training,No intervention

Sponsors

The Thai Neuropsychiatry Development Fund, Siriraj Foundation
Lead Sponsor
In the application processes to an external funding agency which will become the main funder of this study
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Adults age 18 years or older 2. Understand Thai language 3. No history of allergy to odorous stimuli used in the project

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Unable to understand or cooperate with the procedures

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Mood (depressive symptoms, anhedonia/hedonic capacity, anxiety symptoms) 6 weeks and 12 weeks of the intervention (compared with baseline) PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire, SHAPS: Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale, GAD-7: General Anxiety Disorder-7,Global and Social Cognition 6 weeks (RMET, FER) and 12 weeks (MoCA, TMSE, RMET, FER) of the intervention (compared with baseline) MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment, TMSE: Thai Mental State Examination, RMET: Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test, FER: Facial Emotion Recognition

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Olfactory function after 12 weeks of the intervention (compared with baseline) Psychophysical testing: To assess the general olfactory-perceptual ability, TDI, i.e. Olfactory threshold (T), discrimination (D), and identification (I),Quality of Life 6 weeks and 12 weeks of the intervention (compared with baseline) EQ-5D-5L: The EuroQoL Group's 5-dimension, 5-level

Countries

Thailand

Contacts

Public ContactPornjira Pariwatcharakul

Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University

pornjira.par@mahidol.ac.th66661090107

Outcome results

None listed

Source: TCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026