Taste and Smell Impairment in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

Completed

• Conditions: Smell Disorder; Taste Disorders; Coronavirus Infection

• Registration Number: NCT04532632
• Lead Sponsor: Pinar Ay Sayin

Brief Summary

Evaluating the smell and taste perceptions of patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit with suspicion of Coronavirus disease-19 diagnosis with a survey study

Detailed Description

Patients who were treated in the intensive care unit of Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital with the diagnosis of Coronavirus disease-19 will be determined by scanning the hospital registry system. It was planned that patients discharged from the intensive care unit would be called by phone and their complaints about smell and taste disorders were evaluated with a questionnaire.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-08-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-08-28
• Study First Posted: 2020-08-31
• Study Start: 2020-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-10-01
• Study Completion: 2020-10-09
• Status Verified: 2020-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-11-07
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Adults between the ages of 18-80
• Agree to participate in the study
• Patients treated in the intensive care unit with the diagnosis of Coronavirus disease-19

Exclusion Criteria

• Pre-existing smell and taste impairment
• The patients have no enough cooperation to answer the questionnaire
• Having additional diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
taste and smell impairment	up to 3 months	incidence of taste and smell impairment in critically ill subjects

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sisli Etfal Research and Training Hospital; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey