Living with gout in New Zealand: An exploratory study into People's knowledge about the disease and its treatment

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 125-129

  Martini, Nataly ^a   Bryant, Linda ^a   Karu, Leanne Te ^a   Aho, Lenati ^a   Chan, Richard ^a   Miao, Jing ^a   Naidoo, Caylee ^a   Singh, Harjinder ^a   Tieu, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gout awareness; New Zealand; Patient perceptions

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; CODEINE; COLCHICINE; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; OMEPRAZOLE; PREDNISONE; PROBENECID; RANITIDINE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DIARRHEA; DIET; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GOUT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEW ZEALAND; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCEPTION; PHARMACIST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL LIFE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GOUT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859782622     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: 15367355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e31824e1f6f     Document Type: Article

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