All Outputs (15)

Health Literacy and Gout Characteristics in a Primary Care Cohort (2024)
Journal Article

Objectives To examine the cross-sectional association between health literacy and gout characteristics. Methods In a primary care cohort of adults living with gout, the prevalence of poor health literacy was defined using the Single Item Literacy Scr... Read More about Health Literacy and Gout Characteristics in a Primary Care Cohort.

P102 Barriers and facilitators to lifestyle change in people living with gout: a scoping review of qualitative studies (2023)
Presentation / Conference

Background/Aims Lifestyle, especially diet and alcohol, has been implicated in the causation of gout for centuries and the dietary factors which may trigger flares remain of great interest to people living with gout and their families. However, ther... Read More about P102 Barriers and facilitators to lifestyle change in people living with gout: a scoping review of qualitative studies.

BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO LIFESTYLE CHANGE IN PEOPLE LIVING WITH GOUT: A SCOPING REVIEW OF QUALITATIVE STUDIES (2023)
Presentation / Conference

Sex and country differences in gout: cross-country comparison between Sweden and the UK (2023)
Journal Article

OBJECTIVE: Compare characteristics, sex differences, and management of gout in Sweden and the UK. METHOD: The results from two separate primary care gout surveys from Sweden and the UK were compared. Participants aged =18 years with gout were sent a... Read More about Sex and country differences in gout: cross-country comparison between Sweden and the UK.

Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life in people with gout: a 3-year prospective cohort study in primary care (2022)
Journal Article

Objective To describe factors associated with change in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in people living with gout in primary care. Methods In a UK prospective cohort study, adults with a diagnosis of gout registered with 20 general practices... Read More about Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life in people with gout: a 3-year prospective cohort study in primary care.

P182 Health literacy and gout characteristics in a primary care cohort (2022)
Journal Article

Abstract Background/Aims Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis, affecting 2.5% of the UK population. It is often suboptimally managed, despite the availability of effective urate-lowering therapy. Health literacy has been conceptualised to... Read More about P182 Health literacy and gout characteristics in a primary care cohort.

'It's just a great muddle when it comes to food': a qualitative exploration of patient decision-making around diet and gout. (2021)
Journal Article

Objective: Our aim was to understand whether, why and how patients choose to modify their diets after developing gout. Methods: We conducted an inductive thematic secondary analysis of qualitative data from 43 interviews and four focus groups wit... Read More about 'It's just a great muddle when it comes to food': a qualitative exploration of patient decision-making around diet and gout..

Onset of comorbidities and flare patterns within pre-existing morbidity clusters in people with gout: 5-year primary care cohort study. (2021)
Journal Article

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the onset of comorbidities and pattern of flares over five years according to baseline comorbidity clusters in people with gout. METHODS: In a prospective primary-care-based cohort study, adults aged =18 years with gout, wer... Read More about Onset of comorbidities and flare patterns within pre-existing morbidity clusters in people with gout: 5-year primary care cohort study..

Latent Class Growth Analysis of Gout Flare Trajectories: A Three-Year Prospective Cohort Study in Primary Care (2020)
Journal Article

Objective To investigate the existence of distinct classes of gout flare trajectories and compare their gout-specific, comorbid, and sociodemographic characteristics. Methods In a prospective cohort study, adults with gout who were registered wi... Read More about Latent Class Growth Analysis of Gout Flare Trajectories: A Three-Year Prospective Cohort Study in Primary Care.

P142 Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life in people living with gout: a three-year prospective cohort study in primary care (2020)
Journal Article

Background Gout affects 2.5% of adults in the UK but is often poorly managed. It can impair health-related quality of life (HRQOL), yet little is known about which people with gout are at risk of worse outcomes. We investigated factors associated wi... Read More about P142 Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life in people living with gout: a three-year prospective cohort study in primary care.

Primary Care Diagnosis of Gout Compared to a Primary Care Diagnostic Rule for Gout and to Classification Criteria (2019)
Journal Article

We read with interest the recent study by Dehlin and colleagues1, investigating the validity of a gout diagnosis in primary care. We have also investigated how a primary care diagnosis of gout compares to a primary care diagnostic rule for gout and t... Read More about Primary Care Diagnosis of Gout Compared to a Primary Care Diagnostic Rule for Gout and to Classification Criteria.

202 Gout attack trajectories in a 3-year cohort study in primary care (2019)
Journal Article

Background: Gout affects 2.5% of adults in the UK but is often poorly managed. Whilst the hallmark of gout is recurrent sudden-onset attacks of acute joint pain and swelling, little is known about the pattern (trajectory) of attacks over time. We aim... Read More about 202 Gout attack trajectories in a 3-year cohort study in primary care.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMPONENTS OF DIET AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND MORTALITY: AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT EVIDENCE (2019)
Journal Article

The role of diet in serum urate concentration. (2018)
Journal Article

Editorial.

Management of bile acid malabsorption using low-fat dietary interventions: a useful strategy applicable to some patients with diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome? (2015)
Journal Article

This study evaluates the efficacy of low-fat dietary interventions in the management of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms due to bile acid malabsorption. In total, 40 patients with GI symptoms and a 7-day 75selenium homocholic acid taurine (SeHCAT) scan... Read More about Management of bile acid malabsorption using low-fat dietary interventions: a useful strategy applicable to some patients with diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome?.