Alternate Warm and Cold Therapy (AWCT) on Uricemia, Sleep, Pain, Functional Ability, and Quality of Life (USPFQoL) in Patients with Gout: A Path Forward

Table 4

Multivariable-adjusted effect of comorbidity on health-related quality of life in gout patients.

	Multivariable adjusted
	Study	Control	value
Physical functioning (P.F.)	51.6	47.3	0.01
Role physical (R.P.)	47.3	44.1	0.05
Bodily pain (B.P.)	49.3	43.6	0.001
General health (G.H.)	54.3	45.7	0.01
Vitality (VT)	43.9	40.8	0.05
Social functioning (S.F.)	68.3	67.9	NS
Role emotional (RE)	53.6	42.4	0.01
Mental health (MH)	73.1	66.9	0.05
Physical component summary (P.C.S.)	36.1	32.4	0.05
Mental component summary (M.C.S.)	51.8	42.1	0.01

Age, employment status, marital status, gender, education level, current medications, uric acid levels, and arthritis comorbidity other than gout were all controlled in a multivariable model.