148 Chapter 7 Table 5: Less frequently (<20%) used interventions to relieve dry-mouth symptoms, stratified for the six patient subgroups. Data are expressed as percentages. N indicates the total number of respondents in each patient subgroup. Patients Using mouth spray (%) Using other interventions (%) Drinking soft drinks (%) Avoiding talking (%) Drinking lemonade (%) No intervention* (%) Drinking beer (%) Sucking ice cubes (%) Using acupuncture (%) Using pilocarpine (%) Controls# (N=136) 15.4 10.8 11.5 12.3 10.0 31.8 4.6 3.8 4.6 0.8 Low Med patients (N=157) 16.6 17.9 11.9 12.6 9.9 14.6 5.3 4.6 6.0 1.3 High Med patients (N=140) 22.7 20.5 21.2 12.1 12.9 5.3 4.5 3.8 1.5 2.3 RTX patients (N=10) 20.0 20.0 10.0 10.0 20.0 0.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SS patients (N=46) 25.0 27.3 9.1 15.9 9.1 2.3 4.5 2.3 2.3 6.8 SS + High Med patients (N=22) 4.5 13.6 4.5 18.2 22.7 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 9.1 Total study population (N=517) 18.4 17.8 13.6 13.0 11.5 8.9 4.9 4.0 3.6 2.4 # controls: subjects visiting a saliva clinic who did not use prescription medication, were not treated with radiotherapy in head and/or neck region and were not diagnosed with Sjögren’s syndrome. Overall Chi-square test among the six patient subgroups: * p<0.05
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