A clinical trial study to compare treatment options, smell training with essential oils, application of steroid nose drops, application of both the steroid nose drops and smell training and watchful waiting for reduced and altered smell after Covid 19 infection in a tertiary care hospital, Sri Lanka

Not Applicable

Conditions: Post Covid-19 Olfactory dysfunction

Registration Number: SLCTR/2023/008

Lead Sponsor: Colombo South Teaching Hospital

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

>18 years both males and females
PCR confirmed COVID 19 patients
Has anosmia or hyposmia as symptom following COVID 19 infection confirmed by Quick smell identification test
Symptoms persisted for at least more than one month upto 3 months following confirmation of COVID 19

Exclusion Criteria

Previous nasal pathologies including sinonasal tumours, chronic rhinosinusitits, allergic rhinitis, pre-existing anosmia or hyposmia
Patients with history of allergy to steroids and patients with past history of anaphylaxis
Patients who are already on any kind of systemic or topical steroid
Pregnant patients
Patients with psychiatric disorders, intellectual disabilities and ambulatory disability
Patients treated in ICU
Clinical history and rhinological examination will be performed at the ENT clinic to exclude patients with other structural rhinological conditions

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quick smell identification test (strip test to identify smell dysfunction which tests 3 different odours)<br>3 out of 3 score in the QSIT smell identification test [Prior to interventions and 3 months after interventions]<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures