Assessment of Primary Care Providers' Knowledge and Beliefs Regarding Gout Management

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01151709

Enrollment

838

Registered

2010-06-28

Start date

2010-08-31

Completion date

2012-02-29

Last updated

2012-03-07

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Conditions

Gout

Keywords

Gout, Chronic condition management, Gout management

Brief summary

This is a questionnaire study aimed at learning about physicians' views on the treatment of Gout.

Detailed description

We seek to assess the knowledge, beliefs and reported treatment practices of primary care physicians with regard to gout. Specifically, we will: * Assess the knowledge and beliefs with regard to acute and chronic gout management based on published treatment recommendations. * Characterize the individuals who have knowledge deficits in terms of age, specialty, number of patients seen with gout, and practice setting. * Assess the reported treatment practices of primary care physicians for the acute and chronic management of gout.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* practicing primary care practitioner, either in family medicine or internal medicine, * must be 18 years of age or older

Exclusion criteria

* does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Assess the knowledge and beliefs with regard to acute and chronic gout management based on published treatment recommendations.	3 months	Assess physicians' knowledge and beliefs with regard to acute and chronic gout management based on published treatment recommendations by means of questionnaire.
Characterize the individuals who have knowledge deficits in terms of age, specialty, number of patients seen with gout, and practice setting.	3 months	Characterize the individuals who have knowledge deficits in terms of age, specialty, number of patients seen with gout, and practice setting.
Assess the reported treatment practices of primary care physicians for the acute and chronic management of gout.	3 months	Assess the reported treatment practices of primary care physicians for the acute and chronic management of gout.

Countries

United States

Outcome results