@article {SCHUMACHER2342, author = {H. RALPH SCHUMACHER and WILLIAM TAYLOR and LAWRENCE EDWARDS and REBECCA GRAINGER and NAOMI SCHLESINGER and NICOLA DALBETH and FRANCISCA SIVERA and JASVINDER SINGH and ROBERT EVANS and ROYCE W. WALTRIP and CESAR DIAZ-TORNE and PATRICIA MACDONALD and FIONA MCQUEEN and FERNANDO PEREZ-RUIZ}, title = {Outcome Domains for Studies of Acute and Chronic Gout}, volume = {36}, number = {10}, pages = {2342--2345}, year = {2009}, doi = {10.3899/jrheum.090370}, publisher = {The Journal of Rheumatology}, abstract = {Discussion and voting at OMERACT 9 confirmed 5 essential domains for outcomes of acute gout: pain, joint swelling, joint tenderness, patient global assessment and activity limitations. For studies in chronic gout 7 essential domains are: serum urate, acute gout attacks, tophus burden, health-related quality of life, activity limitations, pain, and patient global assessment. Implications of patient perspectives, discretionary domains for specific studies, measurement instruments and a possible responder index are under study.}, issn = {0315-162X}, URL = {https://www.jrheum.org/content/36/10/2342}, eprint = {https://www.jrheum.org/content/36/10/2342.full.pdf}, journal = {The Journal of Rheumatology} }