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Study connects rheumatoid arthritis patients with low expectations

11/08/11

A recent study conducted by researchers at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City revealed that patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis may have low expectations regarding improvement after knee replacement surgery, which could in turn be holding back their progress.

The study findings, presented at the November 7 annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology, revealed that patients' reduced expectations are often unnecessary and could indirectly be leading to worse outcomes.

"If rheumatoid arthritis patients are healthy enough to have surgery, they should really expect good outcomes," said Lisa Mandl, a rheumatologist involved in the study. "If patients have lower expectations, then maybe they don't push their physical therapy, and perhaps don't recover as well. It would be a real shame if these patients could have significantly improved function, but for some reason they don't attain it, perhaps connected to their expectations."

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