Taste test using an edible taste film kit: a randomised controlled trial
Objectives We developed an edible taste film test that can be stored easily as a kit. This study was conducted to confirm the agreement between the results of the edible taste film kit test and the conventional taste solution test.Design Prospective, randomised, controlled trial.Setting Single terti...
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| author | Ji-sun Kim Dong-Hyun Kim Eun-ju Jeon Byung Guk Kim Jeongjun Yu Hyun-Il Shin |
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| description | Objectives We developed an edible taste film test that can be stored easily as a kit. This study was conducted to confirm the agreement between the results of the edible taste film kit test and the conventional taste solution test.Design Prospective, randomised, controlled trial.Setting Single tertiary hospital.Participants Sixty-two healthy volunteers with no self-described taste problems.Interventions A randomisation scheme was used to determine the order of use of the edible taste film kit and the taste solution test for each subject. The taste solution test was performed using a cotton swab. In the taste film kit test, an edible taste film was placed on the tongue, and the subject detected the taste after the film was dissolved by saliva.Outcome measures For each test, we measured the taste identification threshold, taste detection time and total test time.Results We confirmed the consistency of the taste identification thresholds of the two tests, and the results were consistent with each other except for the bitter taste results, which used coffee in the edible taste film kit and quinine in the taste solution test. Although the detection time for each taste quality was faster for the taste solution test, the mean total time was significantly shorter for the taste film kit test than for the taste solution test (6.16±2.27 min vs 7.04±1.98 min, respectively; p=0.004).Conclusions The edible taste film kit along with the taste solution test will be useful for quantitative taste testing.Trial registration number KCT0002865. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0fa63212ff7e408bbd81071d540fdee22024-11-23T09:40:08ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552019-09-019910.1136/bmjopen-2019-029077Taste test using an edible taste film kit: a randomised controlled trialJi-sun Kim0Dong-Hyun Kim1Eun-ju Jeon2Byung Guk Kim3Jeongjun Yu4Hyun-Il Shin51 Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Eunpyeong St. Mary`s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, The Republic of Korea2 Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, The Republic of Korea2 Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, The Republic of Korea1 Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Eunpyeong St. Mary`s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, The Republic of Korea3 Ancors R&D Center, Seoul, The Republic of Korea2 Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, The Republic of KoreaObjectives We developed an edible taste film test that can be stored easily as a kit. This study was conducted to confirm the agreement between the results of the edible taste film kit test and the conventional taste solution test.Design Prospective, randomised, controlled trial.Setting Single tertiary hospital.Participants Sixty-two healthy volunteers with no self-described taste problems.Interventions A randomisation scheme was used to determine the order of use of the edible taste film kit and the taste solution test for each subject. The taste solution test was performed using a cotton swab. In the taste film kit test, an edible taste film was placed on the tongue, and the subject detected the taste after the film was dissolved by saliva.Outcome measures For each test, we measured the taste identification threshold, taste detection time and total test time.Results We confirmed the consistency of the taste identification thresholds of the two tests, and the results were consistent with each other except for the bitter taste results, which used coffee in the edible taste film kit and quinine in the taste solution test. Although the detection time for each taste quality was faster for the taste solution test, the mean total time was significantly shorter for the taste film kit test than for the taste solution test (6.16±2.27 min vs 7.04±1.98 min, respectively; p=0.004).Conclusions The edible taste film kit along with the taste solution test will be useful for quantitative taste testing.Trial registration number KCT0002865.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/9/e029077.full |
| spellingShingle | Ji-sun Kim Dong-Hyun Kim Eun-ju Jeon Byung Guk Kim Jeongjun Yu Hyun-Il Shin Taste test using an edible taste film kit: a randomised controlled trial BMJ Open |
| title | Taste test using an edible taste film kit: a randomised controlled trial |
| title_full | Taste test using an edible taste film kit: a randomised controlled trial |
| title_fullStr | Taste test using an edible taste film kit: a randomised controlled trial |
| title_full_unstemmed | Taste test using an edible taste film kit: a randomised controlled trial |
| title_short | Taste test using an edible taste film kit: a randomised controlled trial |
| title_sort | taste test using an edible taste film kit a randomised controlled trial |
| url | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/9/e029077.full |
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