Do you have gout?

This is an interview study of people with gout to help us understand their experiences of gout and physical activity.

Gout (mate waikawa kai kōiwi) is a common form of arthritis. Gout can cause sudden attacks (flare-ups) of pain and swelling. Research has shown the people with gout have lower levels of physical activity compared to people without gout. This could be due to a number of reasons. Some people with gout have identified excessive physical activity as being a trigger for their gout attacks and avoid being physically active for fear of triggering an attack. The pain of a gout attack also prevents people with gout from being physically active. This poses an important problem, because ‘regular exercise’ is recommended for people with gout to improve overall health. As part of this research, we will be interviewing people with gout to better understand their experiences of physical activity and gout attacks.

You do not have to consider yourself to be an active person to participate in this study. Physical activity includes activities that you might do at work, part of your house and yard work, to get from place to place, as well as what you might do in your spare time for recreation and exercise or sports.

What’s involved?

Participation will involve taking part in a single interview with an AUT researcher. You can choose to do this in-person at your home, at a public place such as a library, in a private room at either our AUT North Campus (located in Northcote, Auckland) or AUT South Campus (located in Manukau, Auckland), or online or over the phone. The interview will be a conversation about your experiences with gout and physical activity.

The interview will take no more than 60 minutes of your time.

You will be offered $50 koha in supermarket vouchers after the interview, to thank you for your time.

Eligibility criteria

You may be eligible for this study if you:

• Have gout diagnosed by a doctor
• Aged 20 years or older
• Are living in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Participant information sheet

Download the information sheet

This study has been approved by the Auckland University of Technology Ethics Committee on 26.10.23 AUTEC Reference number 23/305.