Do I Have Sjögren's Syndrome Quiz

People who notice recurring dryness, fatigue, pain, nerve sensations, or other Sjögren's syndrome symptoms may want a clearer way to see how these experiences are grouped before speaking with a clinician. The Do I Have Sjögren's Syndrome Quiz offers a structured self-report view across eye, mouth, and whole-body dimensions. Its profile shows which patterns are more prominent and where care prompts appear.

What This Assessment Explores

The questions connect eye and mouth dryness with broader experiences that may matter in a follow-up conversation. They ask about gritty eyes, lubricating drops, sticky mouth, dry-food swallowing, dental changes, salivary-gland swelling, fatigue, pain, nerve sensations, and medical context. This lets a person consider Sjögren's syndrome signs as a pattern rather than isolated complaints.

The dimensions shown in the result are:

• Eye Dryness and Irritation (0-15) shows whether current eye indicators were endorsed; the bands are Not endorsed (0), Noted experience (1-2), and Follow-up prompt (3-15).
• Mouth and Salivary Dryness (0-15) summarizes mouth, dental, and salivary indicators; the bands are Not endorsed (0), Noted (1-2), and Follow-up prompt (3-15).
• Whole-Body Pattern and Care Prompts (0-15) reflects broader symptoms and reasons to discuss persistence or clustering; the bands are Not endorsed (0), Noted experience (1-2), and Follow-up prompt (3-15).

Methodology and Scientific Basis

Each question presents four ordered choices, moving from no current experience through brief or situational experiences to recurring, persistent, disruptive, or urgent patterns. Respondents select the description closest to their experience. The displayed result groups responses within each scale; because the questionnaire does not specify how many points each answer contributes, no additional scoring rule should be inferred.

The emphasis on dryness, fatigue, and pain is conceptually consistent with the ESSPRI patient index. This questionnaire is not an ESSPRI adaptation: its wording, groupings, and result bands are its own. The ESSPRI and ESSDAI literature provides context for patient-reported symptoms and disease activity, while the ACR/EULAR classification criteria require evidence beyond a self-report questionnaire.

Answers can shift with recall, current health, symptom awareness, and personal interpretation, so timing and triggers are worth recording. These unvalidated bands are summaries rather than diagnostic or severity cutoffs; as a self-report follow-up prompt, this Sjögren's syndrome test cannot establish the condition or identify the cause of symptoms. A red-flag response overrides the total: sudden vision loss, severe eye pain, sudden weakness, chest pain, or breathing or swallowing difficulty requires urgent care.