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Review
. 2021 Nov 2:2:767568.
doi: 10.3389/froh.2021.767568. eCollection 2021.

An Update on the Lived Experience of Dry Mouth in Sjögren's Syndrome Patients

Di Ying Joanna Ngo  1 , William Murray Thomson  2
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An Update on the Lived Experience of Dry Mouth in Sjögren's Syndrome Patients

Di Ying Joanna Ngo et al. Front Oral Health. .

Abstract

This paper aims to provide an update on research findings on the lived experience of dry mouth in Sjögren's Syndrome (SS) patients. Dry mouth is a significant condition that impacts on the daily lives of people with SS. There will first be a summary of the definition, etiology, and manifestation of dry mouth in SS patients. There will next be an overview of the measurement of the impact of dry mouth on the quality of life in SS patients. This will include a deliberation of both quantitative and qualitative methods. Lastly, there will be discussion on the consequences of dry mouth, with a focus on qualitative studies that seek to understand patients' physical, emotional, and social domains of life.

Keywords: Sjögren's Syndrome; dry mouth impact; lived experience; qualitative; salivary gland hypofunction; xerostomia.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
The integrated model summarizing the life experiences of women with primary SS and health-related behaviors [11].
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Figure 2
Adapted from [10]: The participants' view of the model of Ferrans et al. [47].
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Figure 3
Adapted from [17]: The interaction between personal and environmental characteristics and the impacts of dry mouth in association with the Wilson and Cleary model [49].
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