Open AccessLong-term therapy for chronic gout results in clinically important improvements in the health-related quality of life: short form-36 is responsive to change in chronic gout
Author(s) -
Puja Khanna,
Fernando Pérez-Ruiz,
Paul Maranian,
Dinesh Khanna
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
rheumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.957
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1462-0332
pISSN - 1462-0324
DOI - 10.1093/rheumatology/keq346
Subject(s) - medicine , gout , minimal clinically important difference , quality of life (healthcare) , sf 36 , uric acid , physical therapy , disease , health related quality of life , randomized controlled trial , nursing
Short Form-36 (SF-36) is a validated outcome measure to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with gout. We assessed responsiveness to change of SF-36 in patients with gout.