Table 2. Characteristics of smell disorders related to COVID-19 among the participants (n=429).
| Variable | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
| Smell disorder during active infection | Yes | 354 | 82.5 |
| No | 75 | 17.5 | |
| Smell disorder after recovery | Yes | 226 | 52.7 |
| No | 203 | 47.3 | |
| Type of smell disorder | Anosmia | 75 | 17.5 |
| Hyposmia | 153 | 35.7 | |
| Cacosmia | 36 | 8.4 | |
| Phantosmia | 10 | 2.3 | |
| Parosmia | 44 | 10.3 | |
| Duration of smell disorder | Less than a week | 159 | 37.1 |
| One month | 92 | 21.4 | |
| Three Months | 26 | 6.1 | |
| Six Months | 18 | 4.2 | |
| Year | 8 | 1.9 | |
| More than year | 64 | 14.9 |