Korean J Otolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.  2000 Jul;43(7):737-740.

The Usefulness of CC-SIT(Cross-Cultural Smell Identification Test) in Korea

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hjdhong@smc.samsung.co.kr

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Many clinical and experimental methods have been developed to evaluate human olfactory function, but there is not a standard test which can be used clinically in Korea. CC-SIT (Cross-Cultural Smell Identification Test) is a smell identification test that consists of 12 items well known in most non-English-speaking cultures. So, authors evaluated the usefulness of CC-SIT in assessing olfactory function in Korea.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
One hundred ninety patients who visited clinics complaining of smell loss were categorized to 3 groups (mild hyposmia, moderate hyposmia, severe hyposmia) by questionnaire and 41 healthy subjects were chosen for the normal control group. CC-SIT and a smell threshold test was performed to both patients and controls. The statistical analysis was performed using ANOVA and the Pearson correlation method.
RESULTS
There were significant differences in the CC-SIT scores among 3 groups and the severity of hyposmia was correlated with the CC-SIT score. Also, the CC-SIT scores were correlated significantly with the smell threshold. In addition, the difference of familiarity among 12 items was observed. CONCLUSION: CC-SIT is a convenient, practical smell function test which can tell olfactory tunction loss and can he used clinically in Korea.

Keyword

Olfaction disorders; Smell; Korea

MeSH Terms

Humans
Korea*
Olfaction Disorders
Surveys and Questionnaires
Recognition (Psychology)
Smell*
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