Cross-cultural Validation: Sniffin’ Sticks Olfactory Test for Threshold, Discrimination, and Identification in Spanish-speaking Cohorts | Chapter 4 | Current Innovations in Disease and Health Research Vol. 8

 The amount of olfactory function is more and more pertinent, particularly in cases of intelligent decline, where having fragrance changes might serve as early biomarkers. The Sniffin’ Sticks Olfactory Test, corroborated internationally, offers an objective measure of having fragrance performance. Olfactory testing is involved of three different parts: olfactory threshold, scent discrimination, and scent identification. The Sniffin’ Sticks Olfactory Test is an optimal accomplishment test that evaluates these three components of olfaction to create a composite score resulting from the summary of threshold, discrimination, and labeling. This study sought to legalize the test in a Spanish cohort. The normative sample encompassed 209 healthy normosmic steps forward (154 females, 55 males), old 20 to 79 years (mean age = 50.11 ± 15.18 age). Additionally, 22 participants were retested for test-retest reliability, and scent familiarity in the affecting animate nerve organs identification test was explored in an free healthy sample (n = 69), making necessary cultural transformation. The findings revealed corresponding performance middle from two points genders and smokers/non-smokers across all tests. However, significant intergroup differences arose in scores across age brackets. Notably, having fragrance function exhibited a progressive decline accompanying age, with things over 60 years displaying rude scores. This comprehensive dataset, accompanying culturally tailored adaptations, enables the presidency of the Sniffin’ Sticks Olfactory Test within the Spanish culture. In summary, our study underscores the applicability of the Sniffin’ Sticks Olfactory Test in Spain. This form's validation, accompanying insights into cultural shadings and normative dossier, provides a robust establishment for its exercise, facilitating accurate affecting animate nerve organs assessments in Spanish things across various age groups.

Author(s) Details:

María Luisa Delgado-Losada,
Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Processes and Speech Therapy Department, Faculty of Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain.

Alice Helena Delgado-Lima,
Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Processes and Speech Therapy Department, Faculty of Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain.

Jaime Bouhaben,
Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Processes and Speech Therapy Department, Faculty of Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain.

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