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Newsmax sitesinin haberine g\u00f6re, ara\u015ft\u0131rmac\u0131lar, koku duyusu ile depresyon ba\u011flant\u0131s\u0131n\u0131 incelemek i\u00e7in 8 y\u0131l boyunca 2 bin 100’den fazla ki\u015fiyi izledi.<\/p>\n
\u00c7al\u0131\u015fma kapsam\u0131nda se\u00e7ilen ki\u015filerin 70 ila 73 ya\u015flar\u0131nda ve sa\u011fl\u0131kl\u0131 oldu\u011fu belirtildi.<\/p>\n
Kat\u0131l\u0131mc\u0131lar, her y\u0131l y\u00fcz y\u00fcze ve 6 ayda bir telefon g\u00f6r\u00fc\u015fmesiyle de\u011ferlendirildi.<\/p>\n
Ara\u015ft\u0131rma kapsam\u0131nda yap\u0131lan ilk \u00f6l\u00e7\u00fcmde, kat\u0131l\u0131mc\u0131lar\u0131n y\u00fczde 48’inin koku alma duyusunun normal ve y\u00fczde 28’inin koku alma duyusunda azalma oldu\u011fu, y\u00fczde 24’\u00fcn\u00fcn de \u00f6nemli \u00f6l\u00e7\u00fcde koku kayb\u0131yla kar\u015f\u0131la\u015ft\u0131\u011f\u0131 tespit edildi.<\/p>\n
Kat\u0131l\u0131mc\u0131lar\u0131n yakla\u015f\u0131k y\u00fczde 25’inin izleme d\u00f6neminde \u00f6nemli depresyon belirtileri geli\u015ftirdi\u011fi g\u00f6zlendi.<\/p>\n
Ara\u015ft\u0131rmac\u0131lar, azalm\u0131\u015f veya \u00f6nemli \u00f6l\u00e7\u00fcde koku kayb\u0131 ya\u015fayanlarda, depresif belirtiler geli\u015ftirme riskinin artt\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 belirledi.<\/p>\n
\u00c7al\u0131\u015fmay\u0131 y\u00fcr\u00fcten ekipten Johns Hopkins \u00dcniversitesi T\u0131p Fak\u00fcltesi Psikiyatri ve Davran\u0131\u015f Bilimleri Do\u00e7ent Vidya Kamath, yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 a\u00e7\u0131klamada, zay\u0131f bir koku alma duyusunun, \u00f6l\u00fcm riski dahil Alzheimer ve Parkinson gibi n\u00f6rodejeneratif hastal\u0131klar\u0131n erken uyar\u0131 i\u015fareti oldu\u011funu defalarca g\u00f6rd\u00fcklerini belirtti.<\/p>\n
Kamath, yapt\u0131klar\u0131 \u00e7al\u0131\u015fman\u0131n, koku alma ile depresyon aras\u0131ndaki ili\u015fkiye ve bu ba\u011flant\u0131y\u0131 etkileyebilecek fakt\u00f6rlere odakland\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 kaydetti.<\/p>\n
Koku alma duyusunu kaybetmenin, zehirli gaz alg\u0131lamak ve yemekten keyif almak gibi sa\u011fl\u0131\u011f\u0131m\u0131z\u0131n ve davran\u0131\u015flar\u0131m\u0131z\u0131n bir\u00e7ok y\u00f6n\u00fcn\u00fc etkiledi\u011fini vurgulayan Kamath, “Koku, \u00e7evremizdeki d\u00fcnyayla ili\u015fki kurman\u0131n \u00f6nemli bir yoludur. Bu \u00e7al\u0131\u015fma, kokunun ya\u015fl\u0131lar i\u00e7in bir uyar\u0131 i\u015fareti olabilece\u011fini g\u00f6steriyor.” ifadesini kulland\u0131.<\/p>\n
Ara\u015ft\u0131rma, “The Journals of Gerontology” dergisinde yay\u0131mland\u0131.<\/p>\n