Table 3.

Multivariate associations of sociodemographic and disease characteristics, measures of physical, mental, and social functioning, and coping with two measures of purpose in life in 149 patients^a with rheumatoid arthritis

	Purpose in Life Test (PIL), B (95% CI)	Psychological Wellbeing—Purpose in life (PWB-pil), B (95% CI)
Sociodemographic characteristics
Age	−0.17 (−0.33− −0.01)*	−0.36 (−0.56− −0.15)**
Mental functioning
RAND-36 mental health	0.23 (0.12–0.35)**	0.30 (0.14–0.45)**
Role limitations
Leisure/social activities	6.92 (0.69–13.15)*
Copingb
Positivity	7.24 (2.30–12.18)**	8.86 (2.37–15.35)**

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.005, multivariate regression analysis

^aIn seven patients, the PIL and PWB-pil scores could not be computed because of missing data.

^bDimension subtracted by means of factor analysis on the CORS (Coping with rheumatic stressors).