ArticleACR open rheumatology2023
The Patient Experience of Gout Remission: A Qualitative Study.
Article in ACR open rheumatology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Baseline Dual-Energy Computed Tomography Urate Volume Predicts Fulfillment of Gout Remission After Two Years of Urate-Lowering Therapy.Arthritis care & research · 2024Trial
- Importance of Considering the Gout Flare: Let's Learn to Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time in Gout Clinical Trial Design.Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Article
- 'All I Do Is Sit in a Chair Until the Pain Fades'-Experiences of Living With Gout.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Quality of life and clinical gout assessments during pegloticase with and without methotrexate co-therapy: MIRROR randomized controlled trial exploratory findings.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivePreliminary remission criteria for gout have been developed. However, the patient experience of gout remission has not been described. This qualitative study aimed to understand the patient experience of gout remission and views about the preliminary gout remission criteria.
methodsSemistructured interviews were conducted. All participants had gout, had not had a gout flare in the preceding 6 months, and were on urate-lowering medication. Participants were asked to discuss their experience of gout remission and views about the preliminary remission criteria. Interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analyzed using a reflexive thematic approach.
resultsTwenty participants with gout (17 male participants, median age 63 years) were interviewed. Four key themes of the patient experience of remission were identified: 1) minimal or no gout symptoms (absence of pain due to gout flares, good physical function, smaller or no tophi), 2) freedom from dietary restrictions, 3) gout is "not on the mind", and 4) multifaceted management strategies to maintain remission (regular urate-lowering therapy, exercise, healthy eating). Participants believed that the preliminary remission criteria contained all relevant domains but considered that the pain and patient global assessment domains overlapped with the gout flares domain. Participants regarded 12 months as a more suitable time frame than 6 months to measure remission.
conclusionPatients experience gout remission as a return to normality with minimal or no gout symptoms, dietary freedom, and absence of mental load. Patients use a range of management strategies to maintain gout remission.
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