Investigation on awareness of olfactory function and related diseases among the elderly in a community in Beijing
ZHANG Lin1,2 SHAO Shuang1 YAO Linyin3 DU Juan1 ZHAO Yali1▲
1.Department of General Medicine and Management, School of General Practice and Continuing Education of Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China; 2.Department of General Medicine, Wangjiayuan Community Health Station of Dongcheng District in Beijing, Beijing 100027, China;
3.Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100029, China
Abstract：Objective To understand the cognitive status and importance of olfactory function and olfactory dysfunction in community residents, and to provide research basis for the feasibility and promotion of olfactory function in predicting aging-related diseases at the grass-roots level in the future. Methods A total of 550 people over 60 years old residents in Grongti Community of Dongzhimen Street, Dongcheng District in Beijing were selected from October 2018 to April 2019 by random number table method for investigation of the understanding of olfactory dysfunction, including the importance and impact of olfactory functions in daily life, the awareness of olfactory dysfunction and related diseases. Results A total of 406 valid questionnaires were collected, and the effective collection rate was 73.8%. 315 people (77.6%) believed that olfactory function plays an important role in daily life. 309 people (76.1%) thought that the sense of smell was important for the alarm, 185 people (45.6%) and 259 people (63.8%) thought that olfactory function had no effect or unclear effect on emotional and cognitive abilities, respectively. The number of residents thought that colds and allergic rhinitis affecting olfactory function was the highest, with 351 people (86.5%) and 288 people (70.9%), respectively. 290 people (71.4%) believed that hyposmia was an olfactory dysfunction, 306 people (75.4%) thought that anosmia was an olfactory dysfunction. Only 27 people (6.7%) had paid attention to olfactory knowledge. 184 people (45.3%) indicated that if they had hyposmia, they would not go to the hospital for professional treatment, and 71 people (17.5%) said that they would not go to the hospital for treatment even they had anosmia. Conclusion Residents have low awareness rate of olfactory effects on digestion, cognition, and regulation of emotions. The awareness rate of olfactory function caused by trauma and neurological diseases is significantly lower than that of viral infection and nasal-sinus disease. They have low attention to olfactory-related knowledge and insufficient attention to olfactory dysfunction disease.
张琳1,2 邵爽1 姚淋尹3 杜娟1 赵亚利1▲. 北京市某社区老年人嗅觉相关疾病知晓情况的调查[J]. 中国医药导报, 2019, 16(33): 51-54.
ZHANG Lin1,2 SHAO Shuang1 YAO Linyin3 DU Juan1 ZHAO Yali1▲. Investigation on awareness of olfactory function and related diseases among the elderly in a community in Beijing. 中国医药导报, 2019, 16(33): 51-54.
2019, Vol. 16 
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