فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: One of the most important sensory disorders that usually occur after viral infections,especially human coronaviruses and rhinoviruses, is anosmia or loss of olfactory sense. The aim ofthe present study was to investigate olfactory disorders in children with COVID‑19 disease admittedto Hazrat Masoumeh Hospital in Qom.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive‑analytical study was conducted on 85 childrenadmitted to Hazrat Masoumeh Hospital in Qom by using a convenience random sampling method.Data were collected using a checklist containing demographic data. The collected data were enteredSPSS 18 software and were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics.RESULTS: In the present study, the results showed that the mean age of participants was6.59 ± 3.27 years and more patients were Iranian (n = 69, 87.3%), had a history of underlyingdisease (n = 51, 64.6%), had a history of vaccination (n = 78, 98.7%), and did not have contact with asuspected patient (n = 43, 54.4%). Among the signs and symptoms of the disease, only the symptomsof fever (n = 71, 89.9%), weakness and lethargy (n = 44, 55.7%), and anorexia (n = 44, 55.7%) wereobserved in most patients. Moreover, 87.3% (n = 69) of the patients did not have olfactory. Furthermore,no association was found between age (P = 0.803), length of hospital stay (P = 0.397), white bloodcell (P = 0.624), lymph (P = 0.638), Polymorphonuclear (PMN) (P = 0.493), erythrocyte sedimentationrate (P = 0.507), C‑reactive protein (P = 0.085), and O2sat (P = 0.205) and olfactory disorders, but asignificant relationship was found between patient weight (P = 0.002) and olfactory disorders.CONCLUSION: According to the results of the study, it can be said that in order to increase thestrength of the immune system of children, especially overweight children, appropriate and plannedaction should be taken to prevent problems in these children.