Racial differences in health-related quality of life and functional ability in patients with gout.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and the functional ability by race in patients with gout.

Methods

In a 9-month prospective cohort multicentre study, patients with gout self-reported race, dichotomized as Caucasian or African American (others excluded). We calculated HRQOL/function scores adjusted for age, study site and college education for Short Form-36 (SF-36; generic HRQOL), Gout Impact Scale (GIS; disease-specific HRQOL) and HAQ-disability index (HAQ-DI; functional ability). Longitudinally adjusted scores were computed using multivariable mixed-effect regression models with a random patient effect and fixed sequential visit effect (3-monthly visits).

Results

Compared with Caucasians (n = 107), African Americans (n = 60) with gout w

SUBMITTER: Singh JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5188996 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature