Self-management behavior preferences and influencing factors in Chinese patients with recurrent gout: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to explore the preferences and influencing factors of self-management behaviors in patients with recurrent gout and provide a theoretical basis for developing targeted strategies to improve self-management preferences.

Methods

A total of 10 patients with recurrent gout were recruited from the gout specialist outpatient clinic at a tertiary hospital in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with these patients, and the Kawakita Jiro (KJ) method was used to analyze the interview data.

Results

After four rounds of screening by five researchers, 35 codes were selected from an initial 132. After three rounds of discussion and induction, the KJ method identified seven domains of self-management behavior pref

SUBMITTER: Hao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11650676 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature