Question Yes No % yes
Have you been referred to an ENT Specialist  by your GP/Neurologist? 389 158 71
Were you given a choice of location? 148 284 34
Were you given a choice of Specialist? 87 348 20
Did you use information obtained from Fifth Sense? 134 330 29
Did you request a referral? 265 227 54
Were you offered a referral? 251 225 53
Was your case recognised as needing a referral? 274 185 60
Was your case declined by the local Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) so your GP was unable to help you? 12 294 4
Has information provided by Fifth Sense helped you in your efforts to get medical advice? 223 339 40
Do you consider that your smell/taste disorder has affected your quality of life? 548 14 98
Have you suffered from anxiety or depression as a result of your smell disorder? 340 221 61
If yes to anxiety or depression, have you? If yes to anxiety or depression, have you? If yes to anxiety or depression, have you? If yes to anxiety or depression, have you?
Taken any medication prescribed by your GP? (e.g. antidepressants, sedatives, anxiolytics)
102
238
30
Taken an over-the-counter medicine?
42
298
12
Taken an alternative medicine remedy?
75
265
22
Received counselling?
73
267
21
Do you think your ability to smell/taste has improved since you first encountered problems with it? 138 376 27
Do you feel that this is as a result of medical advice and/or treatment? 89 353 20
Do you feel that this is the result of a complementary therapy such as smell training? 59 354 14