Assessment of Primary Care Providers' Knowledge and Beliefs Regarding Gout Management
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01151709 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : June 28, 2010
Last Update Posted : March 7, 2012
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Condition or disease |
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Gout |
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.
Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 838 participants |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Cross-Sectional |
Official Title: | Assessment of Primary Care Providers' Knowledge and Beliefs Regarding Gout Management |
Study Start Date : | August 2010 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | February 2012 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | February 2012 |

Group/Cohort |
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physicians
primary care practitioners, both family practice and internal medicine physicians from a random sample of providers nationwide
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- Assess the knowledge and beliefs with regard to acute and chronic gout management based on published treatment recommendations. [ Time Frame: 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. [ Time Frame: 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. [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Assess the reported treatment practices of primary care physicians for the acute and chronic management of gout.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Sampling Method: | Probability Sample |
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

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01151709
United States, Massachusetts | |
UMass Medical School | |
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 01566 |
Principal Investigator: | Leslie R Harrold, MD | UMass Medical School |
Responsible Party: | Leslie Harrold, Associate Professor of Medicine (UMMS), University of Massachusetts, Worcester |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01151709 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
13808 |
First Posted: | June 28, 2010 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 7, 2012 |
Last Verified: | March 2012 |
Keywords provided by Leslie Harrold, University of Massachusetts, Worcester:
Gout Chronic condition management Gout management |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Gout Arthritis Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Crystal Arthropathies |
Rheumatic Diseases Purine-Pyrimidine Metabolism, Inborn Errors Metabolism, Inborn Errors Genetic Diseases, Inborn Metabolic Diseases |