Disease modification in gout: a qualitative study of gout expert rheumatologists.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim was to examine the views of health-care providers regarding disease modification in gout, with the potential to derive a provisional set of domains for disease modification in gout.

Methods

A qualitative nominal group study was performed with 20 gout experts (15 expert/expert panel members of the 2012 and/or 2020 ACR gout guidelines and/or 2015 ACR/EULAR gout classification criteria) about what constitutes disease modification in gout: 'What sorts of things do you think constitute a change in the course of disease in gout? (positive); what are all the ways in which gout as a disease can be modified?'

Results

Decrease in gout flares was rated number one rank in all six nominal groups as indicative of disease modification in gout, followed by serum ura

SUBMITTER: Singh JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8751810 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature