Development of a novel gout treatment patient decision aid by patient and physician: A qualitative research study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gout treatment is not optimized globally, often due to therapeutic inertia by physicians or poor adherence to urate-lowering medications by patients. A patient decision aid (PDA) to facilitate shared decision making (SDM) in gout treatment may overcome these physician-patient barriers.

Objective

The study explored the views of physicians and patients on a novel locally designed gout treatment PDA prototype.

Design

Qualitative descriptive design was used to gather data from in-depth-interviews (IDI) and focus group discussions (FGD). Data analysis was via thematic analysis. Emergent themes shaped a revised version of the PDA.

Setting and participants

Adult Asian patients with recent acute gout exacerbations and local Primary Care Physicians (PCP) in S

SUBMITTER: Meyappan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8077153 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature