Complexity, comorbidity, and health care costs associated with chronic widespread pain in primary care.

The objective was to estimate the prevalence of chronic widespread pain (CWP) and compare the quality-of-life (QoL), cardiovascular risk factors, comorbidity, complexity, and health costs with the reference population. A multicenter case-control study was conducted at 3 primary care centers in Barcelona between January and December 2012: 3048 randomized patients were evaluated for CWP according to the American College of Rheumatology definition. Questionnaires on pain, QoL, disability, fatigue, anxiety, depression, and sleep quality were administered.

Factors influencing dry mouth in patients with primary Sjögren syndrome: usefulness of the ESSPRI index.

Objective: To evaluate health-related quality of life in a large series of primary SS patients using the recently-proposed ESSPRI questionnaire and to evaluate the relationship between the intensity of oral dryness and other signs and symptoms frequently found in these patients.

Methods: We evaluated 90 primary SS patients seen consecutively; all fulfilled the current classification criteria. All patients completed the ESSPRI questionnaire.