Cognition, depression, fatigue, and quality of life in primary Sjögren's syndrome: correlations

Objective The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence and pattern of cognitive dysfunction observed in primary Sjögren's syndrome (PSS) and to examine the relationships between cognitive abilities, depression, fatigue, and quality of life. Materials and Methods Thirty‐two sub...

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Published in:Brain and behavior 2016-12, Vol.6 (12), p.e00586-n/a
Main Authors: Koçer, Belgin, Tezcan, Mehmet Engin, Batur, Hale Zeynep, Haznedaroğlu, Şeminur, Göker, Berna, İrkeç, Ceyla, Çetinkaya, Rümeysa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living
Adult
Case-Control Studies
Cognition & reasoning
cognitive dysfunction
Cognitive Dysfunction - diagnosis
Cognitive Dysfunction - etiology
daily‐life activities
depression
Depression - diagnosis
Depression - etiology
Fatigue
Fatigue - diagnosis
Fatigue - etiology
Female
Humans
Information processing
Male
Memory
Mental depression
Middle Aged
Nervous system
Original Research
primer Sjögren's syndrome
Quality of Life
Sjogren's Syndrome - physiopathology
Sjogren's Syndrome - psychology
Studies
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Summary:Objective The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence and pattern of cognitive dysfunction observed in primary Sjögren's syndrome (PSS) and to examine the relationships between cognitive abilities, depression, fatigue, and quality of life. Materials and Methods Thirty‐two subjects with PSS were compared with 19 healthy controls on comprehensive neuropsychological, depression, fatigue, health state, and daily‐life activities tests. Results There was low performance in Clock Drawing, COWAT, Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT), Colorless Word Reading (Stroop1) and Recognizing Colors (Stroop2) Patterns of STROOP test, SDLT, Auditory–Verbal Learning Test (AVLT), immediate and long‐term verbal memory, Benton Judgment of Line Orientation Test (BJLOT), and in all the patterns of RCFT in PSS patients compared to the healthy control group (p 
ISSN:2162-3279
2162-3279
DOI:10.1002/brb3.586