David Bursill, William J Taylor, Robert Terkeltaub, Masanari Kuwabara, Tony R Merriman, Rebecca Grainger, Carlos Pineda, Worawit Louthrenoo, N Lawrence Edwards, Mariano Andrés, Ana Beatriz Vargas-Santos, Edward Roddy, Tristan Pascart, Ching-Tsai Lin, Fernando Perez-Ruiz, Sara K Tedeschi, Seoyoung C Kim, Leslie R Harrold, Geraldine McCarthy, Nitin Kumar, Peter T Chapman, Anne-Kathrin Tausche, Janitzia Vazquez-Mellado, Marwin Gutierrez, Geraldo da Rocha Castelar-Pinheiro, Pascal Richette, Eliseo Pascual, Mark C Fisher, Ruben Burgos-Vargas, Philip C Robinson, Jasvinder A Singh, Tim L Jansen, Kenneth G Saag, Ole Slot, Tillmann Uhlig, Daniel H Solomon, Robert T Keenan, Carlo Alberto Scire, Edyta Biernat-Kaluza, Mats Dehlin, George Nuki, Naomi Schlesinger, Matthijs Janssen, Lisa K Stamp, Francisca Sivera, Anthony M Reginato, Lennart Jacobsson, Frédéric Lioté, Hang-Korng Ea, Ann Rosenthal, Thomas Bardin, Hyon K Choi, Michael S Hershfield, Christine Czegley, Sung Jae Choi, Nicola Dalbeth
OBJECTIVE: The language currently used to describe gout lacks standardization. The aim of this project was to develop a consensus statement on the labels and definitions used to describe the basic disease elements of gout. METHODS: Experts in gout (n = 130) were invited to participate in a Delphi exercise and face-to-face consensus meeting to reach consensus on the labeling and definitions for the basic disease elements of gout. Disease elements and labels in current use were derived from a content analysis of the contemporary medical literature, and the results of this analysis were used for item selection in the Delphi exercise and face-to-face consensus meeting...
March 2019: Arthritis Care & Research