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Table 2 Assessment of the symptoms affecting respondents’ quality of life based on the reported form of the syndrome

From: The experience of dry mouth and screening for Sjogren’s syndrome by the dentist: patient-reported experiences

  

I am affected by

Primary Sjögren

N = 862 (59.12%)

Associated Sjögren

N = 444 (30.4%)

Dry Syndrome

N = 152 (10.4%)

p-value

(Fisher’s Exact Test)

Of these four symptoms, the one that affects my quality of life the most is.

Asthenia

213 (24.71%)

108 (24.32%)

28 (18.42%)

< 1e-04

Mouth Dryness

257 (29.81%)

105 (23.65%)

65 (42.76%)

Eye Dryness

175 (20.3%)

80 (18.02%)

39 (25.66%)

Articular and Muscular pain

217 (25.17%)

151 (34.01%)

20 (13.16%)