Publications by authors named "E Zinzaras"
Background: Rheumatic diseases are a major health and financial burden for societies. The prevalence of rheumatic diseases may change over time, and therefore, we sought to estimate the prevalence of rheumatic diseases in an adult population of central Greece.
Methods: In this prospective cross-sectional population survey, a random sample of adult population was drawn from poll catalogues of a region in central Greece.
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- * Among 191 patients, the agreement between QFT-G and TST results was only 68.5%, indicating a discrepancy in their diagnostic performance.
- * The findings revealed that while QFT-G showed better positivity in patients with active tuberculosis (85.1% vs. 74% for TST), the overall alignment between the two tests was low, especially with cases that were TST-positive but QFT-negative.
Objectives: Previous evidence suggests the role of psychological stress in triggering the onset of autoimmunity. We aimed to investigate whether stress following major and minor life events could precede the onset of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). The role of coping strategies and social support, as compensating buffering mechanisms, was also explored.
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