David Ross, Kim Loeffler, Shirley Schipper, Ben Vandermeer, G Michael Allan
Do scores on three commonly used measures of critical thinking correlate with academic success of health professions trainees? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
prevalence gout increased western societies due ageing increasing bmi recently lifestyle dietary factors linked epidemiological studies alteration risk gout however remains lack data patient knowledge factors purpose surveybased study determine knowledge gout treatment community specialist care settings participants recruited hospital rheumatology outpatient department consumer organization random sample participants populationbased cohort selfreported gout south australia participants completed survey regarding basic demographics single item literacy screener use medication diet treatment gout knowledge gout seventyfour people recruited 87 male mean age 66 years range 3588 mean duration gout 166 years range 060 screening sils 190 identified limited reading ability gout managed family practitioner 811 andor rheumatologist 189 regard current gout medications 527 taking allopurinol 176 colchicine 95 nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs 68 prednisolone 54 herbal preparations information regarding gout participants would commonly approach general practitioner 851 participants correctly identified certain triggers gout attacks almost half participants 419 reported altered diet due gout conversely participants often incorrectly identified common risk protective factors gout gout remains common yet undertreated chronic condition study highlights lack knowledge amongst patients risk protective factors relation gout increasing prevalence gout within population indicates need improve education understanding among condition