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Sports and Exercise Medicine ISSN: 2469-5718

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NGAYIMBESHA A, Lemme N, Tabaddor RR, Salko P (2019) Burundi Population Awareness about Gout and the Pivotal Role Played by Physical Exercise in Prevent and Managing Gout Relating Problems. Int J Sports Exerc Med 5:137. doi.org/10.23937/2469-5718/1510137

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© 2019 NGAYIMBESHA A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

RESEARCH ARTICLE | OPEN ACCESS DOI: 10.23937/2469-5718/1510139

Burundi Population Awareness about Gout and the Pivotal Role Played by Physical Exercise in Prevent and Managing Gout Relating Problems

NGAYIMBESHA Adrien*, BIZIMANA Jean Berchmans and GAKIMA Marie Stella

Institute of Physical Education and Sports, University of Burundi, Burundi

Abstract

Introduction

Prevalence and incidences of gout disease had shown an increasing trend all over the world including in developing countries. In underdeveloped countries like Burundi, there is no information about this disease situation, and the population may lack sufficient knowledge to prevent this metabolic pathology.

Study objective

The present study was aimed to assess Burundi population level of knowledge on gout.

Method

The present study was aimed to assess Burundi population level of knowledge on gout.

Results

According to the study result's, on all selected items, Burundi population presents inadequate knowledge on gout disease.