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Psychological predictors of disease course in rheumatoid arthritis
A C McFarlane1, R S Kalucy, P M Brooks
1Department of Psychiatry, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia.
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
|January 1, 1987
Abstract:
A three year prospective study of 30 patients with established rheumatoid arthritis demonstrated that symptoms of depression and anxiety predicted a good outcome whilst externalized hostility predicted a poorer outcome. A multiple regression analysis further showed that patients who denied the emotional significance of their illness faired worse. Psychological variables accounted for 32% of the variance of outcome.