ACR Meeting Abstracts

ACR Meeting Abstracts

Abstract Number: 1143

The Patient Education for Gout Patients Ameliorate the Patients’ Satisfaction and Serum Uric Acid Level

In-Seol Yoo1, Chan Keol Park2, Jinhyun Kim1, Su-Jin Yoo3, Seung-Cheol Shim1 and Seong Wook Kang2, 1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Daejeon Rheumatoid & Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South), 2Internal medicine, Daejeon Rheumatoid & Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South), 3Rheumatology, Daejeon Rheumatoid & Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South)

Meeting: 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

Date of first publication: September 18, 2017

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Session Information

Date: Monday, November 6, 2017

Title: Metabolic and Crystal Arthropathies Poster I

Session Type: ACR Poster Session B

Session Time: 9:00AM-11:00AM

Background/Purpose: The poor adherence to urate lowering therapy is due to a lack of appropriate information. This study performed to analyze the effect of education for patients with gout.

Methods: Patients were enrolled by categorizing in two groups, education and non-education. Face-to-face education was conducted by the specialist nurse, and an information leaflet about lifestyle advice and urate lowering therapy was also given to all participants. Non-education group also received an education on their second visit (after two or three month from first visit). The patient satisfaction were assessed using the visual analogue scale (0 to100 mm) and patients’satisfaction questionnaire, Questionnaire regarding patient’s knowledge about gout. Also, we analyzed the serum uric acid level and drug compliance.

Results: A total of 100 patients were randomized to education or non-education group. patients’ satisfaction in visual analogue scale was significantly higher in education group (education group: 87.5±24.5 mm, vs. non-education group: 75.4±20.3 mm, P=0.008). Also, patients’satisfaction questionnaire was significantly higher in education group (education group: 4.02±0.4, vs. non-education group: 3.71±0.39, P<0.001). The level of knowledge about gout was higher in education group (education group: 7.38±2.0, vs. non-education group: 6.08±2.42, P=0.004). The serum uric acid level on second visit (after two or three month from first visit) is decreased in education group (baseline: 5.73±1.72 mg/dL, vs. second visit: 5.09±1.62 mg/dL, P=0.032 ). Besides, drug compliance on second visit is improved in education group without statistical significance (baseline: 88.76±18.47 %, vs. second visit: 92.91±11.56 %, P>0.05).

Conclusion: Nurse-delivered face -to-face education including the nature of gout and its treatment options is improved the patients’ satisfaction and their treatment adherence.

Disclosure: I. S. Yoo, None; C. K. Park, None; J. Kim, None; S. J. Yoo, None; S. C. Shim, Celltrion Inc., 5; S. W. Kang, None.

To cite this abstract in AMA style:

Yoo IS, Park CK, Kim J, Yoo SJ, Shim SC, Kang SW. The Patient Education for Gout Patients Ameliorate the Patients’ Satisfaction and Serum Uric Acid Level [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017; 69 (suppl 10). https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/the-patient-education-for-gout-patients-ameliorate-the-patients-satisfaction-and-serum-uric-acid-level/. Accessed .

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