An investigation into the prevalence of sleep disturbances in primary Sjogren's syndrome: a systematic review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify whether sleep disturbances are more prevalent in primary SS (pSS) patients compared with the general population and to recognize which specific sleep symptoms are particularly problematic in this population.

Methods

Electronic searches of the literature were conducted in PubMed, Medline (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), PsychINFO (Ovid) and Web of Science and the search strategy registered a priori . Titles and abstracts were reviewed by two authors independently against a set of prespecified inclusion/exclusion criteria, reference lists were examined and a narrative synthesis of the included articles was conducted.

Results

Eight whole-text papers containing nine separate studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in the narrative analysis. Few o

SUBMITTER: Hackett KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5410987 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature