The impact of the illness label 'gout' on illness and treatment perceptions in Māori (Indigenous New Zealanders).

Arthritis Gout Illness perceptions Urate

Journal

BMC rheumatology
ISSN: 2520-1026
Titre abrégé: BMC Rheumatol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101738571

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 18 05 2019
accepted: 13 02 2020
entrez: 22 4 2020
pubmed: 22 4 2020
medline: 22 4 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Despite contemporary advances in understanding pathogenesis and effective management of gout, beliefs about the disease continue to be focused on gout as a self-inflicted illness. The illness label itself may contribute to inaccurate perceptions of the disease and its management. In Aotearoa/New Zealand, Māori (Indigenous New Zealanders) have high prevalence of severe gout. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of the illness label 'gout' on perceptions of the disease and its management for Māori. Māori supermarket shoppers ( 'Gout' was most likely to be viewed as caused by diet, whereas 'urate crystal arthritis' was most likely to be viewed as caused by aging. 'Urate crystal arthritis' was seen as having a wider range of factors responsible for the illness, including stress or worry, hereditary factors and chance. 'Gout' was less likely to be viewed as having a chronic timeline, and was perceived as being better understood. Dietary management strategies were seen as more helpful for management of the gout-labelled illness. This study has demonstrated that for Māori, Indigenous New Zealanders who are disproportionately affected by gout, the illness label influences perceptions about gout and beliefs about management.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Despite contemporary advances in understanding pathogenesis and effective management of gout, beliefs about the disease continue to be focused on gout as a self-inflicted illness. The illness label itself may contribute to inaccurate perceptions of the disease and its management. In Aotearoa/New Zealand, Māori (Indigenous New Zealanders) have high prevalence of severe gout. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of the illness label 'gout' on perceptions of the disease and its management for Māori.
METHODS METHODS
Māori supermarket shoppers (
RESULTS RESULTS
'Gout' was most likely to be viewed as caused by diet, whereas 'urate crystal arthritis' was most likely to be viewed as caused by aging. 'Urate crystal arthritis' was seen as having a wider range of factors responsible for the illness, including stress or worry, hereditary factors and chance. 'Gout' was less likely to be viewed as having a chronic timeline, and was perceived as being better understood. Dietary management strategies were seen as more helpful for management of the gout-labelled illness.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
This study has demonstrated that for Māori, Indigenous New Zealanders who are disproportionately affected by gout, the illness label influences perceptions about gout and beliefs about management.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32313870
doi: 10.1186/s41927-020-00120-z
pii: 120
pmc: PMC7158036
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

23

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2020.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interestsNicola Dalbeth declares that she has received speaking fees from Pfizer, Horizon, Janssen, and AbbVie, consulting fees from Horizon, Hengrui, Arthrosi, Dyve BioSciences, and Kowa, and research funding from Amgen and AstraZeneca, and is currently principal investigator on a clinical trial of intensive urate-lowering therapy (funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand). She also declares that within the past 5 years she has been principal investigator on a clinical trial of febuxostat in early gout and has received consulting or speaking fees from Takeda, Menarini, and Teijin. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Auteurs

Nicola Dalbeth (N)

1Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, 85 Park Rd, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand.

Meihana Douglas (M)

2Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Kate MacKrill (K)

2Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Leanne Te Karu (L)

Ngā Kaitiaki o te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa, Taupō, New Zealand.

Maria Kleinstäuber (M)

2Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
4Department of Psychological Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Keith J Petrie (KJ)

2Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

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