Pain and fatigue are predictors of quality of life in primary Sjögren’s syndrome

Table 5 Correlation of quality of life, disease activity, symptoms and fatigue

	ESSDAI	ESSPRI dryness	ESSPRI fatigue	ESSPRI pain	ESSPRI Total	FACIT-Fatigue
SF36
Physical functioning	0.04	−0.44**	−0.29*	− 0.55**	− 0.56**	0.53**
Physical role functioning	0.01	−0.17	−0.08	− 0.23*	−0.24*	0.35**
Bodily pain	0.03	−0.33**	−0.23*	− 0.59**	−0.53**	0.56**
General health	−0.08	−0.27*	− 0.17	−0.34**	− 0.34**	0.56**
Vitality	−0.04	−0.23*	− 0.26*	−0.36**	− 0.39**	0.56**
Social functioning	−0.01	−0.33**	− 0.18	−0.21	− 0.29*	0.45**
Emotional role functioning	−0.24**	−0.31**	− 0.11	−0.23	− 0.29*	0.48**
Mental health	0.04	−0.21	−0.23*	− 0.31**	−0.28*	0.46**
PCS	0.06	−0.35**	−0.21	− 0.53**	−0.5**	0.46**
MCS	−0.14	−0.2	− 0.17	−0.12	− 0.24*	0.48**
Whoqol Bref
Physical health	−0.09	−0.34**	− 0.19	−0.43**	− 0.50**	0.68**
Psychological health	−0.08	−0.32**	− 0.19	−0.36**	− 0.38**	0.56**
Social relations	−0.03	−0.17	− 0.2	−0.34**	− 0.33**	0.37**
Environment	−0.01	−0.19	− 0.18	−0.49**	− 0.34**	0.32**
ESSDAI		−0.11	−0.01	− 0.04	−0.08	− 0.06

ESSDAI EULAR Sjögren’s syndrome disease activity index, ESSPRI EULAR Sjögren’s syndrome patient reported index, FACIT Fatigue – Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue, SF-36 Short Form-36 Health Survey, PCS Physical Component Summary, MCS Mental Component Summary, WHOQOL-BREF World Health Organization quality of life – BREF
*p < 0.01; ‘**p < 0.05

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