Depression is the most significant independent predictor of fatigue in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome.

Objectives: The study aimed to evaluate the level of fatigue and the relationship between mood, pain, fibromyalgia, insomnia, disease activity, and dryness with fatigue in primary Sjögren's syndrome (PSS) patients.

Patients And Methods: In this case-control study, the participants were recruited between January 2021 and July 2021. Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy Fatigue (FACIT-F), pain DETECT questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) were administered to 50 PSS patients (48 females, 2 males; mean age: 48.

The frequency of synovitis and calcium pyrophosphate deposition with ultrasound is increased in transfusion-dependent beta-thalassaemia patients: effect of iron accumulation?

Objectives: To determine the frequency of synovitis and calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPDD) with ultrasound (US) in the wrists of transfusion dependant (TD) beta-thalassaemia patients and to investigate the associated factors with these pathologies.

Methods: Eighty-seven beta-thalassaemia patients (46 thalassaemia major and 41 thalassaemia minor patients) were grouped into two as TD and transfusion non-dependent (TND)-thalassaemia patients. Under bilateral wrist US the presence of synovial hypertrophy (SH), power Doppler signal (PD) combined synovitis (SH+PD), tenosynovitis, and triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFC)-cartilage calcification (CC) were examined.

Evaluation of thiol/disulfide hemostasis and serum Ischemia modified albumin as oxidative stress biomarkers in systemic lupus erythematosus patients: Relationship with major organ involvement and disease activity.

Objectives: We aimed to compare thiol/disulfide hemostasis and serum ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) levels, which are indicators of oxidative stress (OS), in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), with the healthy control (HC) group and to evaluate the relationship of these parameters with disease activity and major organ involvement.

Material-methods: Eighty-four SLE patients and 96 HCs were included in this study. The disease activity of SLE patients was calculated using The Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index 2000 (SLEDAI-2K).

Central sensitisation in primary Sjögren Syndrome and its effect on sleep quality.

Objective: The aim of the present study is to evaluate the presence and frequency of central sensitisation (CS) in primary Sjögren Syndrome (pSS) and to determine the effect of CS on sleep quality.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 50 patients diagnosed with pSS between the ages of 18 and 75 were included. The healthy control group was composed of 43 healthcare workers.

Evaluation of retinal microvascular structures by optical coherence tomography angiography in primary Sjögren's syndrome.

Objectives: There are insufficient data in the literature on how retinal capillaries are affected in primary Sjögren's syndrome (PSS). The aim of this study was to evaluate the retinal capillary density (CD) in PSS using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).

Methods: In this case-control study, 26 eyes from 13 PSS patients and 39 eyes from 20 healthy controls (HCs) were included.