Beliefs of rheumatologists and general practitioners on urate lowering therapy: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe beliefs of physicians and patients in primary and secondary care about urate-lowering therapy (ULT), to examine differences in physicians' medication beliefs and to examine the association of physicians' medication beliefs with the prescribed dosage of ULT, gout outcomes and patients' medication beliefs.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study among rheumatologists and general practitioners (GPs) and their patients using ULT in The Netherlands. All participants filled out the Beliefs About Medication Questionnaire (BMQ). Demographics of physicians were collected through questionnaires. Patient and disease characteristics were collected through questionnaires and electronic medical records. Differences between rheumatologists and GPs in the BMQ subs

SUBMITTER: Veenstra F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10125907 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature