Are Salivary Gland Ultrasonography Scores Associated with Salivary Flow Rates and Oral Health Related Quality of Life in Sjögren's syndrome?

Yalçınkaya (Şahinkaya), YASEMİN; Mumcu, G; Özdemir, Ft; Kuruş, Re; Ünal, Au; Direskeneli, H; Bruyn, Ga; Inanc, N

doi:10.3899/jrheum.190849

Are Salivary Gland Ultrasonography Scores Associated with Salivary Flow Rates and Oral Health Related Quality of Life in Sjögren's syndrome?

Yalçınkaya (Şahinkaya) Y., Mumcu G., Özdemir F., Kuruş R., Ünal A., Direskeneli H., ...More

The Journal of rheumatology, vol.47, pp.1774-1779, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 47
Publication Date: 2020
Doi Number: 10.3899/jrheum.190849
Journal Name: The Journal of rheumatology
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, PASCAL, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, MEDLINE
Page Numbers: pp.1774-1779
Keywords: salivary glands, Sjogren syndrome, ultrasonography, CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA, DIAGNOSTIC-VALUE, SIALOGRAPHY, ULTRASOUND, CONSENSUS, TOOL
Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective. Major salivary gland ultrasonography (SGUS) is a widely used imaging technique to evaluate salivary gland involvement in primary Sjogren syndrome (pSS). The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between SGUS, salivary flow rate (SFR) as an objective measure of the gland function, and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQOL) as a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) in a pSS cohort.