Time to recognise gout as a chronic disease

Keen, Helen I; Robinson, Philip C; Dalbeth, Nicola; Hill, Catherine

doi:10.5694/mja2.50512

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To the Editor: In August 2019, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) released a report on chronic musculoskeletal conditions in Australia.1

1 Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, WA
2 Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA
3 University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
4 Centre for Neurogenetics and Statistical Genomics, Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
5 Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD
6 University of Auckland, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
7 Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, SA
8 Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA

Correspondence: helen.keen@uwa.edu.au

Competing interests:

Nicola Dalbeth reports grants and personal fees from AstraZeneca, grants from Amgen, and personal fees from Dyve, Hengrui, Horizon, Abbvie, Pfizer, and Janssen outside the submitted work. Helen Keen reports personal fees from Abbvie, Cornerstones, Roche, and Pfizer outside of the submitted work.

1. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Arthritis [Cat. No. PHE 234]. Canberra: AIHW, 2019. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-musculoskeletal-conditions/arthritis/related-material (viewed Jan 2019).
2. Pisaniello HL, Lester S, Gonzalez‐Chica D, et al. Gout prevalence and predictors of urate‐lowering therapy use: results from a population‐based study. Arthritis Res Ther 2018; 20: 143.
3. Rai SK, Choi HK, Choi SHJ, et al. Key barriers to gout care: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2018; 57: 1282–1292.
4. Bursill D, Taylor WJ, Terkeltaub R, et al. Gout, Hyperuricaemia and Crystal‐Associated Disease Network (G‐CAN) consensus statement regarding labels and definitions of disease states of gout. Ann Rheum Dis 2019; 78: 1592–1600.
5. Dalbeth N, Schumacher HR, Fransen J, et al. Survey definitions of gout for epidemiologic studies: comparison with crystal identification as the gold standard. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2016; 68: 1894–1898.

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