Gout management and outcomes during established COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-2021: a cross-sectional Internet survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the management of gout in established COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

We assessed medication use, health care utilization, gout-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL), psychological distress using Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4), resilience, illness perception, and health literacy in people with physician-diagnosed self-reported gout in established COVID-19 pandemic in a cross-sectional Internet survey.

Results

Among the 130 survey respondents with gout, the mean age was 62.8 years, 65% were male, 83% were White, 59% were prescribed urate-lowering therapy (ULT), and health literacy was adequate in 80%. A third of survey respondents reported more difficulty with their gout management since September 2020. Gout-specific HRQOL deficits were

SUBMITTER: Singh JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9109485 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature