Primary Sjögren's Syndrome: health experiences and predictors of health quality among patients in the United States

Table 2 Severity/Impact of disease

Scores on Prevalidated Instruments	PhysR-PSS	Controls
	N = 277	N = 606
SF-36^$
Physical Functioning	61.1	81.1 *
Role limitations – Physical	35.0	78.0 *
Role limitations – Emotional	58.1	86.3 *
Energy/Fatigue	38.9	62.2 *
Emotional Well-being	69.4	78.5 *
Social Functioning	65.2	87.6 *
Pain	53.4	77.0 *
General Health	45.5	72.6 *
PROFAD – SSI^@
PROF	5.3 *	1.9
PROFAD	10.1 *	3.6
SSI	11.7*	3.0
FACIT – Fatigue^$	30.1	43.0*
Modified BPI-SF^@
Pain Severity	3.9*	1.5
Pain Interference	3.3 *	1.0
CESD^@	14.9 *	7.7
Thinking^@	30.1 *	16.4

^$ Higher scores indicate better functioning; ^@ Higher scores indicate worse functioning
* p < .05.

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