Validation of gout diagnosis in electronic primary care medical records: A population-based study
Authors' conclusion
The majority of gout patients from primary care electronic medical records fulfil ACR/EULAR gout criteria.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with a gout diagnosis recorded in primary care electronic medical records, 7 primary care centres of Barcelona
- Outcome
- Concordance between recorded gout diagnosis in primary care electronic medical records and ACR/EULAR 2015 classification criteria (≥8 points)
Methodological detailspopulation-based, 7 primary care centres, Data from primary care electronic medical records of the Catalonian health institute (ICS) and phone interview
- Population-based
- 7 primary care centres
- Data from primary care electronic medical records of the Catalonian health institute (ICS) and phone interview
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Patients with a gout diagnosis meeting ACR/EULAR 2015 criteria
Met ACR/EULAR 2015 criteria
70.9%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Criteria met after adding hyperuricemia in a blood test in the EMR
- Met criteria
- 78.9%
Gout patients not receiving ULT
- Not receiving ULT
- 29.8%
Treated patients not achieving target uricemia (< 6mg/dL)
- Target not achieved
- 62.3%
Original publication
Validation of gout diagnosis in electronic primary care medical records: A population-based study. Joint Bone Spine. Published 25 August 2023. doi:10.
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