Determination of future health status expectation in rheumatoid arthritis

While examining the relationship between, neuroticism, somatic factors and future health status expectation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, the present study found a considerable level of pessimism in patients, which may be related to perceived limitation of the quality of life. However, psychosocial disposition (i.e., neuroticism) did not prove to be a crucial factor by which RA patients assessed their future health status expectation. These results may be important in future treatment procedures.