29 September 2020>: Clinical Research
Use of the Gout Impact Scale to Evaluate Quality of Life in Chinese Subjects with Gout: A Cross-Sectional Study
Peidan Yang 12CDE* , Zhixin Chen 23CDE* , Yimin Talia Chen 4EF , Minying Liu 1BF , Mingying Zhang 1BF , Xiangwei Yang 1BF , Changsong Lin 1ADF , Qiang Xu 1ABDEFG*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.925593
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e925593
Table 4 Association between the Gout Impact Scale and gout-related features.
Gout features | Gout concern overall | Gout medication side effects | Unmet gout treatment needs | Well-being during attack | Gout concern during attack | Total GIS |
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Age (years), p | 0.78 | 0.98 | 0.22 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.82 |
Gender, Male, p | 0.1 | 0.07 | 0.57 | * | 0.55 | 0.46 |
BMI(kg/m), p | 0.97 | 0.57 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.59 | 0.75 |
Education level, p | 0.84 | 0.54 | 0.13 | 0.1 | 0.87 | 0.98 |
Income/month, p | 0.5 | 0.54 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.79 | 0.33 |
Sources of medical expenses, p | 0.73 | 0.20 | ** | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.45 |
Current Smoking, p | 0.88 | 0.96 | ** | 0.25 | 0.51 | 0.21 |
Current drinking, p | 0.97 | 0.37 | * | 0.43 | 0.28 | 0.91 |
Disease duration, p | 0.06 | 0.2 | 0.47 | 0.17 | 0.08 | 0.10 |
A family history of gout, p | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.78 | ** | ** | ** |
During an attack, p | ** | 0.45 | ** | ** | * | ** |
Number of attacks at half a year, p | ** | 0.87 | * | ** | * | ** |
Baseline ULT use, p | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.58 | 0.39 |
Spearman correlation coefficient analysis performed for continuous data, and Mann-Whitney U test performed for categorical data. * p ** p |