TABLE 3.

Illustrative quotes made by patients (survey 2)

	Frail	Quotes
Quote 1 (F, 69 years)	Yes	“I used to travel a lot, sometimes even for weeks, on city trips. I used to go to friends. That is a lot less after the diagnosis.”
Quote 2 (M, 65 years)	No	“It is what it is. From that perspective you try to live, think and act.”
Quote 3 (M, 77 years)	No	“No, in everyone's life something bad happens. If you worry or are afraid then you can't live your life anymore.”
Quote 4 (M, 65 years)	Yes	“They do not ask me to help anymore because they know I have RA. Then you experience a form of loneliness that I cannot handle. When they do not ask you anymore for help but somebody else, that makes me unhappy.”
Quote 5 (M, 63 years)	Yes	“If you end up in a wheelchair. Then what? Then it is over.”

Abbreviations: F, female; M, male; RA, rheumatoid arthritis.