Seeing the glass half full: Living with Sjogren's Syndrome

Caring for Women Living With Sjögren's Syndrome

“…In an earlier publication, this author reported on 10 women's lived experiences with SS (Schoofs, 2001). The four main categories discovered from interviewing women with SS in this qualitative research were Helping, Hindering, Hoping, and Hurting.…”

Confronting life with rheumatoid arthritis

“…(2000) reported that even minor stress aggravates RA. Living with RA means coping with periods of flare‐up and remission thereby alternating between periods of hope and dread (Schoofs 2001). There is a paucity of longitudinal studies dealing with perceptions of illness‐related stress (van Lankveld et al .…”

Views of xerostomia among health care professionals: a qualitative study

“…Health care personnel should therefore pay more attention to complaints of dry mouth and explore each incident of unknown cause (Fox et al. 2000, Schoofs 2001). Hyposalivation is also among the early symptoms of diabetes type 1 which emphasises the importance of additional anamnestic information and follow‐up tests even among younger individuals complaining of dry mouth (Moore et al.…”

“…The interviewed subjects also conveyed the observations that dry mouth make the tongue adhere to the palate and the lips to the teeth which brought about an appreciation of xerostomia being a social handicap at gatherings. Other studies have likewise indicated that limited understanding of xerostomia among family members, fellow workers and health care providers cause afflicted individuals to withdraw from social life in favour of isolation (Schoofs 2001, Rydholm & Strang 2002, Wijers et al. 2002).…”