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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of patients and practitioners involved in the gout consultations (n = 31)

From: “I can’t bend it and it hurts like mad”: direct observation of gout consultations in routine primary health care

Patient characteristics

 • 18 individual patients

  - Male n = 13; female n = 5

  - Age: mean 54 years; median 52 years

  - Age range: 36 to 67 years

Health practitioner characteristics

 • 17 individual practitioners

  - General practitioners n = 10

  - Nurses n = 4

  - Podiatrists n = 2,

  - Dietitian n = 1