Health literacy and gout characteristics in a primary care cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the cross-sectional association between health literacy and gout characteristics.

Methods

In a primary care cohort of adults living with gout, the prevalence of poor health literacy was defined using the Single-Item Literacy Screener (SILS). Multiple logistic regression was used to obtain adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for the cross-sectional associations between health literacy and individual gout characteristics (frequency of flares, age at gout onset, history of oligo-/polyarticular flares, allopurinol use, allopurinol dose and serum urate level) with 95% CIs and adjustment for age, sex, deprivation and further education.

Results

Of 551 participants [mean age 54.4 years (s.d. 11.2), 498 (90.4%) male], 163 (30.1%) reported two or more flares in the

SUBMITTER: Watson L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10997429 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature