PMID- 22185745
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120509
LR  - 20220311
IS  - 1945-8932 (Electronic)
IS  - 1945-8932 (Linking)
VI  - 25
IP  - 6
DP  - 2011 Nov-Dec
TI  - Applicability of the cross-culturally modified University of Pennsylvania Smell 
      Identification Test in a Japanese population.
PG  - 404-10
LID - 10.2500/ajra.2011.25.3658 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: The University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) is a 
      popular olfactory function test used throughout the world. In Japan, however, it 
      is not widely used because it is written in English and some of the test odorants 
      are unfamiliar to the Japanese population. Recently, a cross-culturally modified 
      UPSIT was developed. This study was designed to determine if the Japanese version 
      of the UPSIT (UPSIT-J) is effective in Japanese populations. METHODS: We 
      administered the UPSIT-J to 50 normosmic Japanese subjects and 54 Japanese 
      patients with known olfactory dysfunction. Subjects were also administered the 
      Japanese standard olfactory threshold test (T&T olfactometry), the Odor Stick 
      Identification Test for Japanese (OSIT-J) and i.v. olfactometry (the Alinamin 
      test). Test results from the UPSIT-J and subjects' opinions were compared with 
      the standard Japanese tests of olfactory function. RESULTS: Most subjects 
      reported that the UPSIT-J was easy and interesting compared with OSIT-J and 
      easier and more interesting than the T&T olfactometry and Alinamin test. 
      Identification rates for nine of the UPSIT-J odorants were found to be <80% for 
      normal subjects. UPSIT-J scores correlated with subjects' self-reported levels of 
      olfactory function (r(s) = 0.85), OSIT-J score (r(s) = 0.86), recognition 
      threshold of the T&T olfactometry (r(s) = 0.80), and Alinamin test results (r(s) 
      = 0.38 for latency; r(s) = 0.52 for duration time). CONCLUSION: Although a 
      cultural bias was detected for some test odorants, this study indicates that the 
      UPSIT-J is effective for use in the clinic to assess olfactory function in the 
      Japanese population.
FAU - Ogihara, Hitomi
AU  - Ogihara H
AD  - Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Mie University Graduate 
      School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan.
FAU - Kobayashi, Masayoshi
AU  - Kobayashi M
FAU - Nishida, Kohei
AU  - Nishida K
FAU - Kitano, Masako
AU  - Kitano M
FAU - Takeuchi, Kazuhiko
AU  - Takeuchi K
LA  - eng
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Rhinol Allergy
JT  - American journal of rhinology & allergy
JID - 101490775
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Cross-Cultural Comparison
MH  - Feasibility Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Japan
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Olfaction Disorders/*diagnosis/*epidemiology/physiopathology
MH  - *Olfactory Perception
MH  - *Sensory Thresholds
MH  - *Smell
MH  - United States
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2011/12/22 06:00
MHDA- 2012/05/10 06:00
CRDT- 2011/12/22 06:00
PHST- 2011/12/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/12/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/05/10 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.2500/ajra.2011.25.3658 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2011 Nov-Dec;25(6):404-10. doi: 10.2500/ajra.2011.25.3658.