Office testDescriptionTest statistics
Three-item microencapsulated odor identification test (Quick-Smell Identification Test, Q-SIT)*
  • Standardized odors with five multiple choice options, one is “none/other”

  • Less than 1 minute to administer

  • Tear-off card test (disposable)

  • Validated against University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test

  • Using cutoff score of 2 (one abnormal result out of three)

  • For anosmia: negative predictive value, 98%; positive predictive value, 43%

  • For any olfactory problem: negative predictive value, 42%; positive predictive value, 91%; sensitivity, 82%; specificity, 63%

  • Test-retest reliability: 0.87

Three-item odor identification test (Quick Sticks, q-Sticks)
  • Subset of Sniffin' Sticks, using “coffee,” “rose,” and “cloves” odors

  • Less than 1 minute to administer

  • Felt-tip pen (reusable)

  • Validated against Sniffin' Sticks using cutoff score of 0

  • For anosmia: sensitivity, 66%; specificity, 96%

  • For hyposmia: sensitivity, 42%; specificity, 48%