title: Olfactory identification test using familiar distracters for koreans.
abstract: Odors used in an odor identification test should be familiar to the subject, but there are some unfamiliar distracters in Korean version of Sniffin' stick (KVSS) II identification test. In this study, we used the results of the original version of KVSS II identification to modify the KVSS II identification test.
  
  
  
  Eighty-three participants took an original version of KVSS II identification test and a visual analogue scale of subjective odor function. KVSS II identification which has 16 items was performed to choose one out of four odors items. And visual analogue scale was checked from 0 to 10 points of their subjective olfactory function. Two weeks later they took the modified version of KVSS II identification test. Hyposmic or anosmic patients were excluded.
  
  
  
  The mean score of the original version of KVSS II identification and modified version of KVSS II identification were 11.3 and 12.5, respectively (P<0.05). The KVSS II identification test and subjective olfactory function were positively correlated (r=0.247, P<0.05), as were the modified KVSS II identification test and subjective olfactory function (r=0.329, P<0.05).
  
  
  
  After modification of distracters, KVSS II identification test appears to be suited for assessment of olfactory function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Myung
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Galimard Perfume & Flavor School, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Mi Soon
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong-Hyuk
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong-Hun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Seol
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Seok-Chan
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Kook
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Distracter; Korean version of Sniffin' stick test; Odor identification test; Olfactory test