Agudelo UMP, Robledo-Rengifo S, Saavedra-Moreno JS, Uribe PAF, Martínez ÁS

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: hyposmia is an early marker of neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease. There are currently a large number of tests that allow the function of the sense of smell to be assessed, but they are not widely available in our environment. Therefore, the present paper seeks to determine if there is a difference in the perception of odors: cloves, cinnamon, coffee and sugar between patients with and without Parkinson's disease. Material and methods: observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study. People who attended the neurology outpatient clinic at the San Vicente Fundación University Hospital (Medellín) during the year 2022-2023, diagnosed with and without Parkinson's disease, and who also met the inclusion criteria, were eligible for this study. The odors contained in individual commercial packages were evaluated and the free response given by each subject was recorded. Results: the proportion of people with and without Parkinson's disease who perceived the smell of coffee presented a statistically significant difference (p = 0.00), something similar was observed with the smell of cinnamon (p = 0.001). This difference wasn't present with the perception of the smell of cloves (p = 0.07) and sugar (p = 0.59). Conclusions: the perception of the smell of coffee and cinnamon is an easy and low cost test that showed differences in the group of people with and without Parkinson's disease; however, more studies are required to define its usefulness as a screening tool.

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