In terms of duration of disease, patients diagnosed >1 year
before the survey (n=111, 52.1% and n=68, 31.9%, respectively) had
similar proportions of uncontrolled and controlled gout to patients
diagnosed with gout <1 year prior (P=0.632).
The largest proportion of patients was diagnosed with gout between the
ages 25 and 60 years, with 100 (46.9%) and 63 (29.6%) having
uncontrolled and controlled gout, respectively, followed by the 15- to
25-year age group (n=24, 11.3% and n=16, 7.5%, respectively)
(P=0.043).
Family physicians were the providers who most frequently diagnosed gout
in this sample (n=39, 18.3% and n=32, 15.0%, respectively, for
uncontrolled and controlled gout), followed by rheumatologists (n=36,
16.9% for uncontrolled gout) and orthopedic surgeons (n=18, 8.5% for
controlled gout) (P=0.027). Also, 29 (13.6%) and 49 (23.0%) patients
with uncontrolled and controlled gout were currently experiencing gout
attacks when they completed the survey (P=0.532) (Table 2).Table 2. Time of Diagnosis and the Medical Personnel Who Diagnosed
the Patients