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  • Title: Olfactory dysfunction, gambling task performance and intracranial lesions after traumatic brain injury.
    Author: Sigurdardottir S, Jerstad T, Andelic N, Roe C, Schanke AK.
    Journal: Neuropsychology; 2010 Jul; 24(4):504-13. PubMed ID: 20604624.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To estimate the incidence of olfactory dysfunction across traumatic brain injury (TBI) severity and decision-making deficits with regard to intracranial lesions' location and laterality. METHOD: A 1-year prospective study including 115 participants (16-55 years) with mild, moderate, and severe TBI. The Brief Smell Identification Test was used 3 months postinjury with a follow-up testing of olfactory dysfunction at 1 year. The Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and 3 tasks of the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System were administered 3-months postinjury. MRI was performed 1-year postinjury and TBI severity groups were then divided with respect to frontal, fronto-temporal, diffuse, and no lesions. RESULTS: The incidence of olfactory dysfunction was estimated to be 22.3% at 3 months and 13.5% at 1 year. No significant differences were found on olfactory dysfunction across TBI severity at either check. Anosmia was identified in 10% with severe TBI and 3% with mild TBI. Olfactory dysfunction was associated with verbal fluency tasks. Repeated-measures analysis of variance revealed no significant effect over blocks on IGT, and no main group or interaction effects regarding TBI severity, lesions' location, or laterality. IGT performance at 3-months postinjury was deficient in 83% of persons with intracranial lesions and 71% of those without lesions. CONCLUSIONS: Olfactory dysfunction is independent of TBI severity, showing improvements in one third of cases from 3- to 12-months postinjury. However, anosmia was related to TBI severity. There is evidence for marked decision-making deficits after TBI, all subgroups performed similarly and failed to develop an advantageous strategy over time.
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