Novel Multidisciplinary Salivary Gland Society (MSGS) Questionnaire: An International Consensus.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

First, establishment and validation of a novel questionnaire documenting the burden of xerostomia and sialadenitis symptoms, including quality of life. Second, to compare two versions regarding the answering scale (proposed developed answers Q3 vs. 0-10 visual analogue scale Q10) of our newly developed questionnaire, in order to evaluate their comprehension by patients and their reproducibility in time.

Study design

The study is a systematic review regarding the evaluation of the existing questionnaire and a cohort study regarding the validation of our new MSGS questionnaire.

Materials and methods

A Multidisciplinary Salivary Gland Society (MSGS) questionnaire consisting of 20 questions and two scoring systems was developed to quantify symptoms of dry mouth

SUBMITTER: Buchholzer S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9291943 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature