Anosmia in COVID-19 [COVID-19]

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Anosmia in COVID-19

• IRAS ID

  282334

• Contact name

  Alastair Noyce

• Contact email

  a.noyce@qmul.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Queen Mary University of London

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 3 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  Research Summary
  Cross-sectional, observational study. \nParticipants healthcare professionals receiving routine COVID-19 testing. Methods include:\n1.\tShort text message questionnaire of clinical information and questions to screen for symptoms of COVID-19 infection.\n2.\t6 item smell tests to be posted to all participants and answers sent via text message to research team.\n3.\tResearch participants to subsequently report COVID-19 status via text message.\n

  Summary of Results
  No recruitment.

  The main aim was to use smell testing to diagnose COVID. Within weeks of the study being approved, PCR and lateral flow tests were available which rendered the study unnecessary.

• REC name

  West Midlands - Black Country Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  20/WM/0155

• Date of REC Opinion

  27 May 2020

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion