[The attitude of rheumatoid arthritis patients before treatment: social psychological research]

The authors developed a special questionnaire for examination of the attitude of patients to different procedures, methods of treatment, diet, attitude to different levels of medical services, self-treatment. An anonymous study of 125 patients with rheumatoid arthritis was carried out. Many respondents were not satisfied with organization of the treatment, in particular, the outpatient variant. The causes of inadequate treatment and ways for treatment improvement are discussed.