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. 2022 Apr 26;42(Suppl 1):S20–S35. doi: 10.14639/0392-100X-suppl.1-42-2022-03

Table IV.

Results from psychophysical tests of smell during SARS-CoV-2 infection. Results are presented as mean plus standard deviation.

Test Threshold Discrimination Identification TDI score CCCRC score
Sniffin’ sticks extended test 5.2 ± 1.3 10.8 ± 0.9 10.7 ± 1.0 22.5 ± 7.8 N/A
CCCRC 18.8* N/A 47.6* N/A 40.8 ± 14.7
UPSIT N/A N/A 25.2 ± 2.5 N/A N/A
16-item Sniffin’ stick identification test N/A N/A 11.6 ± 0.8 N/A N/A
12-item brief BSIT N/A N/A 8.5 ± 0.5 N/A N/A

BSIT: indicates Brief Smell Identification Test; N/A: not applicable; CCCRC: Connecticut Chemosensory Clinical Research Center test; UPSIT: The University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification test; TDI score: threshold discrimination identification score.

* Results of CCCRC score according to threshold and identification scores were presented only in the article “Objective evaluation of anosmia and ageusia in COVID-19 patients: Single-center experience on 72 cases”. By Vaira LA et al. 57.