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INVESTIGATION OF XEROSTOMIA IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
- Source :
- The Journal of the American Dental Association. 129:733-739
- Publication Year :
- 1998
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1998.
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Abstract
- The authors investigated the prevalence of xerostomia in a group of 604 subjects participating in a rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, study to explore the relationship of reduced salivary flow symptoms and demographic, clinical and medical characteristics. Forty-three percent of these subjects exhibited one or more severe xerostomia symptoms. Separate analyses revealed that the subjects who had the most physical disease symptoms were at greater risk of having reduced salivary flow. The study's results suggest that patients with RA should be screened for xerostomia symptoms so appropriate clinical interventions can be initiated.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Dental Caries Susceptibility
Health Status
Psychological intervention
Disease
Xerostomia
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Drug Therapy
Risk Factors
Internal medicine
Prevalence
medicine
Humans
Mass Screening
In patient
Saliva
General Dentistry
Pain Measurement
Analysis of Variance
Chi-Square Distribution
business.industry
Age Factors
Discriminant Analysis
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
stomatognathic diseases
Rheumatoid arthritis
Physical therapy
Educational Status
Female
Deglutition Disorders
Secretory Rate
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00028177
- Volume :
- 129
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of the American Dental Association
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0534b0782e1b4c25a9e88cac29c97d9b