Not Every Picture Tells a Story: A Content Analysis of Visual Images in Patient Educational Resources About Gout.
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Volume
47
Pagination
1815 - 1821
DOI
10.3899/jrheum.191245
Journal
J Rheumatol
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ISSN
0315-162X
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate which concepts about gout and its treatment are reflected in images in online educational resources about gout. METHODS: A Google search was performed to identify English-language patient resources from medical and health organizations and health education websites in 7 countries: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK, and USA. Two raters independently coded the images in the resources into 5 main categories: clinical presentations of gout, urate/monosodium urate (MSU) crystals, medicines, food/healthy lifestyle, and other advice for people with gout. RESULTS: In total, 103 resources were identified; 28 resources without images were excluded. Seventy-one educational resources with a total of 310 images were included in the study sample. Of the 310 images, clinical presentations of gout were depicted in 92 images (30%), food/healthy lifestyle in 73 images (24%), urate/MSU crystals in 50 (16%), medicines in 14 (5%). Urate-lowering medication was shown only in 1 image (0.3%) and just 6 images (2%) depicted a serum urate target. Ninety-one images (29%) did not convey specific information about gout. CONCLUSION: Key concepts about gout and treatment are underrepresented in the images used in educational resources for patients. A large proportion of the images do not convey useful information about gout or its management.
Authors
Krasnoryadtseva, A; Derksen, C; Dalbeth, N; Petrie, KJCollections
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