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08-04-2024 | Mood Disorders | Rhinology

Characteristics of higher depressive tendency in the patients with olfactory disorder

Authors: Nagomi Yonezawa, Eri Mori, Masayoshi Tei, Rumi Sekine, Monami Nagai, Yuka Tsurumoto, Hirotaka Tanaka, Nobuyoshi Otori

Published in: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Abstract

Objective

Most patients with olfactory dysfunction experience stress and anxiety because of the inconvenience and changes caused by the loss of olfaction. However, psychological assessment is not performed routinely in patients with olfactory dysfunction, and the characteristics of these patients with psychological depression are unclear.

Methods

In this study, we used the Self-rating Depression Scale to evaluate the degree of depression in patients who visited our clinic with olfactory dysfunction and examine the characteristics of these patients with strong depressive tendencies. Patients who visited our clinic between April 2019 and March 2020 with complaints of olfactory dysfunction were included in the study.

Results

A total of 180 patients (79 male and 101 female) underwent olfactory examination and completed the Self-rating Depression Scale. Eighty-six and 94 patients were included in the low depression and high depression groups, respectively. Binomial logistic regression analysis showed significant positive associations of Self-rating Depression Scale scores with female sex and the presence of parosmia/phantosmia (p < 0.05).

Conclusion

In our study, approximately half of the patients with olfactory dysfunction had depressive tendencies especially in female and parosmia/phantosmia patients. We believe that psychological assessments, such as that with the SDS, can help identify patients with olfactory dysfunction who may be at a greater risk of developing depression.

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Title: Characteristics of higher depressive tendency in the patients with olfactory disorder
Authors: Nagomi Yonezawa
Eri Mori
Masayoshi Tei
Rumi Sekine
Monami Nagai
Yuka Tsurumoto
Hirotaka Tanaka
Nobuyoshi Otori
Publication date: 08-04-2024
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Mood Disorders
Affective Disorder
Smelling Disorder
Smelling Disorder
Published in: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
Print ISSN: 0937-4477
Electronic ISSN: 1434-4726
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-024-08612-1

2024 ASCO Annual Meeting

Springer Medicine

Characteristics of higher depressive tendency in the patients with olfactory disorder

Abstract

Objective

Methods

Results

Conclusion

2024 ASCO Annual Meeting

Springer Medicine

Abstract

Objective

Methods

Results

Conclusion

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