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. 2022 Dec 30;38(3):375–386. doi: 10.46497/ArchRheumatol.2023.9790

Table 3. Correlations of age, disease duration, disease activity, dryness severity, pain, emotional state, and insomnia level with fatigue assessed by FACIT-F, FS, and ESSPRI fatigue in PSS patients.

  FACIT-F score Fatigue subscale ESSPRI fatigue
Rho p Rho p Rho p
Age (year) -0.074 0.611 0.076 0.602 0.032 0.826
Disease duration (year) -0.094 0.516 0.019 0.893 -0.010 0.944
Disease activity            
ESSDAI -0.304 0.032 -0.345 0.014 0.034 0.813
Dryness severity            
Schirmer (mean) 0.085 0.556 0.015 0.919 -0.186 0.195
WUSFR 0.033 0.818 0.033 0.819 -0.131 0.364
Pain            
Pain thresholds (mean) 0.169 0.241 0.212 0.139 -0.175 0.225
Number of painful body sites -0.518 <0.001 -0.460 0.001 0.313 0.027
Pain DETECT questionnaire -0.561 <0.001 -0.465 0.001 0.355 0.011
Emotional state            
Beck Depression Inventory -0.893 <0.001 -0.804 <0.001 0.582 <0.001
Beck Anxiety Inventory -0.712 <0.001 -0.586 <0.001 0.449 0.001
Insomnia            
Insomnia Severity Index -0.554 <0.001 -0.483 <0.001 0.398 0.004
FACIT-F: Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy Fatigue; ESSPRI: EULAR Sjögren’s Syndrome Patient Reported Index; PSS: Primary Sjögren’s syndrome; ESSDAI: EULAR Sjögren’s syndrome disease activity index; WUSFR: Whole unstimulated salivary flow rate.