Evaluation of Smell and Taste in Fibromyalgia

Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fibromyalgia

Treatments: Other: Sniffin' Sticks test and Taste strips

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03823937

Tugba Ozsoy2

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia syndrome according to 2016 ACR criteria and 18-70 years old healthy subjects will be included in the study. Their smell and taste will be assessed with sniffin sticks and taste strips. Besides they will be evaluated for quality of life, anxiety, depression, and alexithymia.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-70 years of fibromyalgia patients
• Giving informed consent
• Knowing how to write and read in Turkish

Exclusion criteria

• Mentally retarded patients
• Psychiatric disorders (bipolar disorder, schizophrenia etc.)
• Severe organ failure (kidney, liver, heart failure)
• History of head trauma
• Any disorder associated with smell and taste functions

Trial design

50 participants in 2 patient groups

Fibromyalgia

Description:

Diagnosed with ACR 2016 criteria

Treatment:

Other: Sniffin' Sticks test and Taste strips

Control

Description:

18-70 years healthy subjects

Treatment:

Other: Sniffin' Sticks test and Taste strips