Mobile phone app could ‘transform’ outcomes for gout sufferers


Warm, swollen, reddened and hurts when pressure is applied: These symptoms usually spell gout. Researchers are now hopeful that smartphone apps can help the growing number of people with this condition. — dpa

EDINBURGH: A phone app has been used to help some gout sufferers control their condition – with the team behind the project saying it could help transform clinical outcomes “without putting more pressure on an already stretched healthcare service”.

Experts from Edinburgh University in the UK say larger trials are now needed to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the approach.

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