Evaluation of smell function changes in pregnancy

Year 2015, Volume: 25 Issue: 2, 92 - 96, 20.05.2015

Aylin Gül Beyhan Yılmaz Songül Karababa Selin Fulya Tuna Fazıl Emre Özkurt Neval Yaman Yörük İsmail Topçu

Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to compare the olfactory function changes among pregnant women in varying trimesters and non-pregnant women. Patients and Methods: Thirty-five healthy pregnant women and 14 non-pregnant women were included in the study. Volunteer pregnant women were divided into three subgroups including the first trimester, second trimester, and third trimester. All volunteers were tested with the smell bottle test battery. The content of the test was consistent with the Sniffin’ sticks including three detailed olfactory function tests, namely olfactory threshold OT , olfactory discrimination OD , and olfactory identification OI . Total results of these three tests were defined as TDI scores. Results: TDI score and test scores of the pregnant women in the first trimester statistically significantly decreased compared to pregnant women in other trimesters and non-pregnant women p<0.05 . Pregnant women in the second and third trimesters had similar olfactory function scores to the non-pregnant women p>0.05 . Conclusion: The olfactory function changes are observed in women during pregnancy. In particular, decreased smell sensitivity in the first trimester returns to normal scores towards the end of pregnancy.

Keywords

First trimester of pregnancy, olfactory function, olfactory test

Gebelikte koku fonksiyon değişiminin değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmada farklı trimesterdeki gebe kadınlar ve gebe olmayan kadınlar arasında koku fonksiyon değişimleri karşılaştırıldı.Hastalar ve Yöntemler: Otuz beş sağlıklı gebe kadın ile 14 sağlıklı gebe olmayan kadın çalışmaya dahil edildi. Gönüllü gebe kadınlar ilk trimester, ikinci trimester ve üçüncü trimester olmak üzere üç alt gruba ayrıldı. Tüm gönüllülere koku şişe test bataryası ile koku testi yapıldı. Testin içeriği Sniffin stick ile uyumlu olup, koku eşiği OT , koku ayrımcılık OD ve koku tanımlama OI olarak üç ayrıntılı koku fonksiyon testlerinden oluşmaktaydı. Bu üç testin sonucu TDI skoru olarak belirtildi.Bulgular: İlk trimesterdeki gebe kadınların TDI skorunda ve test skorlarında, diğer trimester gebeler ve gebe olmayan kadınlara kıyasla, istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir azalma gözlendi p0.05 .Sonuç: Gebelik sürecinde kadınlarda koku fonksiyonlarında değişiklik izlenmektedir. Özellikle ilk trimesterde koku duyarlılığında oluşan azalma, gebeliğin sonlarına doğru normal skorlara ulaşmaktadır

Keywords

İlk trimester gebelik, koku alma fonksiyonu, koku testi

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