Open AccessAssociation Between Stressful Life Events and Female Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome and Their Role in Disease Activity: A Retrospective Case–Control Study in China
Author(s) -
Fanyan Meng,
Shuang Ren,
Yong Meng,
Tao Ning,
Jie Zhang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s287798
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , logistic regression , case control study , univariate analysis , retrospective cohort study , severity of illness , multivariate analysis
Previous evidence has shown that psychological stress can trigger the onset of autoimmune disease. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of stressful life events preceding the onset of symptoms in female primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) in China compared to controls and the possible associations of stressful life events with disease activity.