Association Between Cognition and Olfaction-specific Parameters in Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Overview

Journal Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

Specialty Otorhinolaryngology

Date 2023 Jan 23

PMID 36689021

Authors

Feifan Chang

Junsheng Hong

Fan Yuan

Dawei Wu

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Abstract

Background: Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) have reported significantly cognitive and olfactory dysfunction. This study aimed to explore the relationship between cognitive function and olfaction-specific parameters in patients with CRS.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey method was used to investigate 98 participants, including 75 patients with CRS and 23 healthy controls. Cognitive function and psychophysical olfactory tests were performed. Olfactory cleft endoscopy scale and olfactory cleft computed tomography (CT) scores were obtained. Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) in patients with CRS.

Results: There are significant differences in age, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores, number of MCI, Lund-Mackay olfactory cleft (LM-OC) score, and blood eosinophil count between CRS with and without olfactory dysfunction groups (all P < 0.05). Total MoCA scores were positively correlated with thresholds-discrimination-identification (TDI) score (r = 0.541, P < 0.001), olfactory threshold (OT) (r = 0.440, P < 0.001), olfactory discrimination (OD) (r = 0.541, P < 0.001), and olfactory identification (OI) (r = 0.382, P = 0.001) scores. Furthermore, total MoCA scores were negatively correlated with LM-OC scores (r = - 0.351, P = 0.002). After adjusting for patient demographics, only the OD score was an independent risk factor for MCI among patients with CRS (odds ratio = 0.792; P = 0.039). The OD scores less than 11.5 were the best predictor of MCI in patients with CRS.

Conclusion: Olfaction-specific clinical parameters were highly correlated with cognitive function in patients with CRS and the OD score was an independent risk factor for MCI in patients with CRS.

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