Table 1.

Screening/Preventing stage literature review results.

Publication	Objective	Methods	Findings	Information Type	Conclusion
Doherty, et al. [4]	Identify and address why a 'curable' disease is so poorly managed.	Literature review searched the Medline database for articles published in English language using the search terms ‘gout’, ‘hyperuricaemia’, ‘hyperuricemia’, ‘tophi’ and ‘monosodium urate’ published after 1 January 1980, searched keywords 'therapy', 'management', 'cure', and 'treatment' alone and with the previous terms, other materials judged relevant.	Perception of gout as benign, humorous, self-inflicted disease.	pathophysiology	Patients need to understand the genetic and other risk factors of the disease.
Richardson, et al. [15]	Explore and better understand the experience women with gout.	Semi-structured interviews of female gout patients using a narrative approach	No knowledge of gout before diagnosis, inability to find information relevant to women.	pathophysiology	Diagnosis is likely to be missed due to lack of knowledge about gout in women and its perception as a man's disease.