Global Journal of Medical Research, L: Nutrition & Food Science, Volume 22 Issue 2

This study has so far been a self-reported survey of taste, smell, and different living conditions in health checkups for residents of Yakumo Town, Hokkaido. I've been researching it with a questionnaire, but I haven't made a comparison with other places. Therefore, in this study, we decided to compare the data obtained from urban and rural paticipants. II. M aterials and M ethods Two houndred one people in Yakumo Town, Hokkaido (106 women, 95 men: 2019 data) and 55 people in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture (31 women, 24 men, 2022 data) were compared. Dizziness was also included in the self- administerd questionnaire survey of the participants. We asked the following questions.1.not dizzy, 2. sometimes, 3. always. Participants circles the items that apply. In addition, a simple taste test (salty taste: Soluseive: manufactured by Advantech) and a simple olfactory test (smell test) were performed. Ick: manufactured by Daiichi Yakuhin Sangyo Co., Ltd.) was used to obtain the test results. In addition, praimary data such as age, sex, height, weight, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure were obtained. Other self-administered questionnaire items included the subjective sense of taste, smell, salivary flow, and use of eating out. We also investigated the frequency and usual seasoning. (See Table 1): The method of the simple taste test 22) and the method of the simple olfactory test 23) followed the specifications. a) Ethical review board This study conducted with the approval of the Ethical Review Board (Nagoya women’s University Ethics Committee: “hitowomochiitakennkyuunikann suruiinnkai”). The approval number is 2019-26. III. R esults There were no regional differences in sex (see Table 2) and hight (see Table 4) in the participants’ physical data. Weight (see Table 5), systolic blood pressure (see Table 6), and diastolic blood pressure (see Table 7) were eight higher in Nagoya. It was statistically significantly lower than Kumocho. Yakumo town has 201 people (see Table 3) average ± SD value of 68.7 ± 6.0 years old Nagoya city has 55 people 74.9±7.1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sex Male Female dizziness None Sometimes Common Saliva Good normal bad olfactory Good normal bad taste Good normal bad requency of eating out Daily 4-5 times / week 2-3 times / weed one time / week 2-3 times / month Rarely used teste of everyday meals Strong seasoned Slightly seasoned slightly lightly seasoned lightly seasoned Table 1. Questionnaire question content N　City n=55 Y　Town　n=201 Average value 1.564 1.527 Standard deviation 0.501 0.5 F-test Unpaired Student-t test Mann- Whitney test P=0.634 Table 2. Comparison of participant gender data P=0.484 2 Year 2022 Global Journal of Medical Research Volume XXII Issue II Version I ( D ) L © 2022 Global Journals Comparison of Subjective Feeling of Dizziness and Simple Taste/Olfactory Test Results in Elderly People (Over 60 Years Old)