Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation of Anosmia Over Time in Clinically Symptomatic Patients Tested for COVID-19 Infection (Anosmie-COVID)

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

Status: Completed

Conditions: COVID-19

Treatments: Other: olfactory and gustatory tests

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04354857

IRB: 20.04.09

Details and patient eligibility

About

Loss of sense of smell and taste has been anecdotally reported during the covid-19 epidemic. The study investigators wanted to describe the prevalence of olfactory and gustatory dysfunction and assess the factors associated with positive SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Enrollment: 454 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients presenting with COVID-19 related symptoms including: fever, persistent cough, fatigue, shortness of breath, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, chest pain, sore throat, loss of smell or taste
• Subjects in prolonged contact with COVID-19 infected patients.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients directly admitted to the intensive care unit were excluded
• Patients opposing use of their health data

Trial design

454 participants in 2 patient groups

RT-PCR SARS-CoV-2 positive

Treatment:

Other: olfactory and gustatory tests

RT-PCR SARS-CoV-2 negative

Treatment:

Other: olfactory and gustatory tests