SToRytelling to Improve Disease outcomes in Gout (STRIDE-GO): a multicenter, randomized controlled trial in African American veterans with gout.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Urate-lowering therapy (ULT) adherence is low in gout, and few, if any, effective, low-cost, interventions are available. Our objective was to assess if a culturally appropriate gout-storytelling intervention is superior to an attention control for improving gout outcomes in African-Americans (AAs).

Methods

In a 1-year, multicenter, randomized controlled trial, AA veterans with gout were randomized to gout-storytelling intervention vs. a stress reduction video (attention control group; 1:1 ratio). The primary outcome was ULT adherence measured with MEMSCap™, an electronic monitoring system that objectively measured ULT medication adherence.

Results

The 306 male AA veterans with gout who met the eligibility criteria were randomized to the gout-storytelling i

SUBMITTER: Singh JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8576883 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature