Objectives-To determine if there are specific patterns of illness behaviour in patients with arthritis, and if abnormal patterns of illness behaviour are associated with withdrawal from trials of antiinflammatory drugs, and to examine which aspects ofillness behaviour are perceived by rheumatologists to be related to the disease process. Methods-The illness behaviour questionnaire (IBQ) was administered to 211
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