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Brief Smell Identification Test (Brief-SIT)
Brief Smell Identification Test (Brief-SIT)
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| Classification |
Supplemental: Parkinson's Disease (PD)
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| Short Description of Instrument |
This test is a modification of the 40-item Smell Identification Test (University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test, UPSIT), in which 12 odors have been selected that are well-known in most cultures.
The test uses strips of paper impregnated with microencapsulated odors that are released upon scratching the strip with a pencil. The patient is given four choices from which to choose the correct odor.
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| References |
Double KL, Rowe DB, Hayes M, et al. Identifying the pattern of olfactory deficits in Parkinson disease using the Brief Smell Identification Test. Arch Neurol 2003;60:545- 549.
Doty RL, Bromley SM, Stern MB. Olfactory testing as an aid in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease: development of optimal discrimination criteria.
Neurodegeneration 1995;4:93-97.
Hawkes CH, Shephard BC, Daniel SE. Olfactory dysfunction in Parkinson's disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1997;62:436-446.
Silveira-Moriyama L, Petrie A, Williams DR, et al. The use of a color coded probability scale to interpret smell tests in suspected parkinsonism. Mov Disord 2009;24:1144- 1153.
Bohnen NI, Gedela S, Herath P, Constantine GM, Moore RY. Selective hyposmia in Parkinson disease: association with hippocampal dopamine activity. Neurosci Lett 2008;447:12-16.
Document last updated February 2018
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