PMID- 16495437
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060725
LR  - 20161128
IS  - 0379-864X (Print)
IS  - 0379-864X (Linking)
VI  - 31
IP  - 4
DP  - 2006 May
TI  - Cross-cultural comparison of data using the odor stick identification test for 
      Japanese (OSIT-J).
PG  - 335-42
AB  - A new olfactory test, the odor stick identification test for Japanese (OSIT-J), 
      has been developed in Japan. To determine if the OSIT-J would be effective 
      cross-culturally, we administered the test to 52 US and 50 Japanese subjects 
      reporting normal olfactory function. The average composite OSIT-J test score for 
      US subjects was significantly lower (77%) than that for Japanese subjects (94%, P 
      < 0.0001). Both US and Japanese subjects correctly identified eight of the 13 
      odorants included in the OSIT-J with scores of 80% or higher. However, for five 
      odorants, the US subjects' scores fell below 80% and were consistently lower than 
      Japanese subjects, presumably reflecting cultural differences in odor experience. 
      Most of the US subjects found the OSIT-J to be easy, interesting, pleasant, and 
      short in duration. Although the 13-odorant OSIT-J was found to be suitable for 
      testing US populations, elimination of five test odorants that were unfamiliar to 
      US subjects significantly enhanced the test's effectiveness. Findings from this 
      study emphasize the importance of identifying test odorants that may have a 
      cultural bias, a crucial issue when comparing data obtained from different smell 
      tests used at smell and taste centers around the world.
FAU - Kobayashi, Masayoshi
AU  - Kobayashi M
AD  - Department of Physiology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, PO 
      Box 980551, Sanger Hall Room 3-012A, 1101 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 
      23298-0551, USA. mkobayashi@vcu.edu
FAU - Saito, Sachiko
AU  - Saito S
FAU - Kobayakawa, Tatsu
AU  - Kobayakawa T
FAU - Deguchi, Yuichi
AU  - Deguchi Y
FAU - Costanzo, Richard M
AU  - Costanzo RM
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20060222
PL  - England
TA  - Chem Senses
JT  - Chemical senses
JID - 8217190
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Cross-Cultural Comparison
MH  - *Culture
MH  - Data Interpretation, Statistical
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Japan
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Odorants
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
MH  - Smell/*physiology
MH  - Stimulation, Chemical
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - United States
EDAT- 2006/02/24 09:00
MHDA- 2006/07/26 09:00
CRDT- 2006/02/24 09:00
PHST- 2006/02/24 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/07/26 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/02/24 09:00 [entrez]
AID - bjj037 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/chemse/bjj037 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chem Senses. 2006 May;31(4):335-42. doi: 10.1093/chemse/bjj037. Epub 2006 Feb 22.