Cinzia Cecchetto, Antonella Di Pizio, Federica Genovese, Orietta Calcinoni, Alberto Macchi, Andreas Dunkel, Kathrin Ohla, Sara Spinelli, Michael C. Farruggia, Paule V. Joseph, Anna Menini, Elena Cantone, Caterina Dinnella, Maria Paola Cecchini, Anna D'Errico, Carla Mucignat-Caretta, Valentina Parma, Michele Dibattista
- Chemosensory impairments have been established as a specific indicator of COVID-19. They affect most patients and may persist long past the resolution of respiratory symptoms, representing an unprecedented medical challenge. Since the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic started, we now know much more about smell, taste, and chemesthesis loss associated with COVID-19. However, the temporal dynamics and characteristics of recovery are still unknown. Here, capitalizing on data from the Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research (GCCR) crowdsourced survey, we assessed chemosensory abilities after the resolution of respiratory symptoms in participants diagnosed with COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic in Italy. This analysis led to the identification of two patterns of chemosensory recovery, partial and substantial, which were found to be associated with differential age, degrees of chemosensory loss, and regional patterns. Uncovering the self-reported phenomenology of recovery from smell, taste, and chemesthetic disorders is the first, yet essential step, to provide healthcare professionals with the tools to take purposeful and targeted action to address chemosensory disorders and their severe discomfort.
MetadatenAuthor: | Cinzia CecchettoORCiD, Antonella Di PizioORCiD, Federica GenoveseORCiDGND, Orietta CalcinoniORCiD, Alberto MacchiORCiD, Andreas DunkelORCiD, Kathrin OhlaORCiDGND, Sara SpinelliORCiDGND, Michael C. FarruggiaORCiD, Paule V. JosephORCiD, Anna MeniniORCiDGND, Elena CantoneORCiD, Caterina DinnellaORCiD, Maria Paola CecchiniORCiD, Anna D'Errico, Carla Mucignat-CarettaORCiD, Valentina ParmaORCiD, Michele DibattistaORCiD |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-632535 |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96987-0 |
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ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
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Parent Title (English): | Scientific reports |
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Publisher: | Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature |
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Place of publication: | [London] |
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Document Type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Date of Publication (online): | 2021/09/01 |
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Date of first Publication: | 2021/09/01 |
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Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
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Release Date: | 2022/03/02 |
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Tag: | Health care; Quality of life |
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Volume: | 11 |
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Issue: | art. 17504 |
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Page Number: | 12 |
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First Page: | 1 |
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Last Page: | 12 |
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Note: | CC is supported by a grant from MIUR (Dipartimenti di Eccellenza DM 11/05/2017 n. 262) to the Department of General Psychology. FG is supported by NIH/NIDCD grant R21DC018358. PVJ is supported by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute of Nursing Research and by the Office of Workforce Diversity, National Institutes of Health, and the Rockefeller University Heilbrunn Nurse Scholar Award. MD is supported by Rita Levi Montalcini Award from Italian Ministry of Education, University, and Research (DM100915_685). |
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HeBIS-PPN: | 491748337 |
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Institutes: | Biowissenschaften |
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Dewey Decimal Classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
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| 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
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| 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
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Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
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Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 |
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