About Project

Purpose – The purpose of this registry is to perform a longitudinal prospective cohort study on gout and to create a baseline description of gout patients in various countries in the Asia-Pacific region. It will analyze the different clinical characteristics of patients with gout, their respective Clinical Scenario Stages. It will include the associated health risks, links and treatments involved with gout across all its clinical stages.

Methodology – This longitudinal prospective cohort study will create a gout cohort that will gather baseline clinical characteristics from gout patients and follow them over one year. Patients’ characteristics, risk factors, disease course, and management will be gathered by a rheumatologist or rheumatologist-guided research associate using an online questionnaire accessed from the APLAR website. Data will be grouped and analyzed according to the different Clinical Scenario Stages. Descriptive statistics will analyze demographic and clinical profiles. Frequency/percentages will be used to present categorical data; and, Spearman’s Rank Correlation will determine relationships.

Output – The study will determine the baseline clinical characteristics of patients with gout, the time to develop gouty arthritis, the relative risk and attributable risk of Clinical Scenario Stages to develop acute gouty flares and treatment response.

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