Acute gout. This stage occurs when the urate crystals that have been deposited suddenly cause acute inflammation and intense pain. This sudden attack is referred to as a flare and will normally subside within 3-10 days. Flares can sometimes be triggered by stressful events, alcohol and drugs, as well as cold weather.
Evaluation is inherently a theoretically informed approach (whether explicitly or not), and consequently any particular definition of evaluation would have be tailored to its context â the theory, needs, purpose, and methodology of the evaluation process itself. 1  Having said this, evaluation has been defined as:
Program evaluation is research designed to assess the implementation and effects of a program. Its purposes vary and can include (1) program improvement, (2) judging the value of a program, (3) assessing the utility of particular components of a program, and (4) meeting accountability requirements.