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The study sample consisted of 60 pSS patients, 42 sSS patients, and 52 healthy control subjects.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Outcomes<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>All the participants were questioned about sexuality, and completed the 36-item Short Form Survey, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Health Assessment Questionnaire, and Modified Hill questionnaire.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The patients had a mean age of 55.6\u2009\u00b1\u200911.85\u00a0years in pSS, 59.39\u2009\u00b1\u200911.18\u00a0years in sSS, and 56.1\u2009\u00b1\u200910.46\u00a0years in healthy control subjects. Vaginal and vulvar dryness and dyspareunia were present at a significantly higher rate in SS, especially in pSS, compared with the control subjects. The Health Assessment Questionnaire score was significantly lower in the pSS group than in the sSS group. Arthralgia, myalgia, and fatigue were prominent in all SS patients.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Clinical Implications<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Gynecological symptoms, sexual ability, and the effects of the disease on sexuality should be questioned in all SS patients.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Strengths and Limitations<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>It is very important that we evaluate the gynecological symptoms of both pSS and sSS patients and the effect of the disease on these symptoms. The small number of patients and healthy control subjects is a limitation.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The gynecological and musculoskeletal symptoms negatively affected sexuality in patients with pSS and sSS, and the negative effect of the disease on sexuality was more pronounced in the pSS group.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jsxmed\/qdae004","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,17]],"date-time":"2024-02-17T07:10:12Z","timestamp":1708153812000},"page":"248-254","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Gynecological symptoms in primary and secondary Sj\u00f6gren\u2019s syndrome and the effect of the disease on sexuality"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2985-3723","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ozlem","family":"Ozdemir Isik","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Rheumatology , Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, , Kocaeli 41001 ,","place":["Turkey"]},{"name":"Kocaeli University , Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, , Kocaeli 41001 ,","place":["Turkey"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5891-2032","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Duygu","family":"Temiz Karadag","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Rheumatology , Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, , Kocaeli 41001 ,","place":["Turkey"]},{"name":"Kocaeli University , Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, , Kocaeli 41001 ,","place":["Turkey"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5539-8755","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Senem","family":"Tekeoglu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Rheumatology , Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, , Kocaeli 41001 ,","place":["Turkey"]},{"name":"Kocaeli University , Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, , Kocaeli 41001 ,","place":["Turkey"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2167-4509","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ayten","family":"Yazici","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Rheumatology , Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, , Kocaeli 41001 ,","place":["Turkey"]},{"name":"Kocaeli University , Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, , Kocaeli 41001 ,","place":["Turkey"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3273-7969","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ayse","family":"Cefle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Rheumatology , Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, , Kocaeli 41001 ,","place":["Turkey"]},{"name":"Kocaeli University , Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, , Kocaeli 41001 ,","place":["Turkey"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,15]]},"reference":[{"issue":"9482","key":"2024112010180163500_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"321","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(05)66990-5","article-title":"Sj\u00f6gren\u2019s syndrome","volume":"366","author":"Fox","year":"2005","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"issue":"5","key":"2024112010180163500_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"A305","DOI":"10.1016\/j.autrev.2009.11.004","article-title":"The geoepidemiology of Sj\u00f6gren\u2019s syndrome","volume":"9","author":"Mavragani","year":"2010","journal-title":"Autoimmun Rev"},{"issue":"6","key":"2024112010180163500_ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"505","DOI":"10.1007\/s00393-006-0101-0","article-title":"Sjogren\u2019s syndrome. 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