• Curr Med Res Opin · Dec 2020

    Health-related quality of life assessed by Gout Impact Scale (GIS) in Chinese patients with gout.

    • Wei Zhou, Jinjin Zhu, Jiaxin Guo, Huamao Chen, Xiaomei Zhang, Zhifeng Gu, Fengyan Zhou, and Chen Dong.
    • Research Center of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
    • Curr Med Res Opin. 2020 Dec 1; 36 (12): 207120782071-2078.

    ObjectiveThe Gout Impact Scale (GIS) is a disease-specific health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) measurement for patients with gout. This study aimed to investigate the quality of life in Chinese patients with gout and potential risk factors for poorer HR-QoL by GIS.MethodsAdults with gout from February 2017 to February 2019 were invited to complete a questionnaire containing the GIS, social demographic characteristics, clinical information and gout-specific questions. Pearson/Spearman correlation and linear regression were used to analyze the data.ResultsA total of 413 patients were included in the analysis (mean age, 51.85 years; 96.4% male). The mean (SD) score of GIS total was 56.79 ± 15.45. Worse gout-specific HR-QoL was associated with anxiety (p < .05), depression (p < .05) and fatigue (p < .05). The effectiveness and global satisfaction of Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM) were negatively related to each dimension of GIS. Age (B = -0.251, p = .013), fatigue (B = 1.850, p < .001) and depression (B = 9.068, p = .042) were independent predictors of GIS total score.ConclusionGout-specific HR-QoL is impaired by social demographic and clinical characteristics, highlighting the importance of psychological factors (fatigue and depression) and patient-reported outcomes (patients' satisfaction and confidence in gout treatment). These findings suggest that more studies should focus on disease-specific HR-QoL.

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