Table 4

Correlations of discounting and lack of understanding with physical functioning (PF), pain, mental well-being (MW) and social functioning (SF) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and in patients with fibromyalgia

	Rheumatoid arthritis				Fibromyalgia
	PF	Pain	MW	SF	PF	Pain	MW	SF
Discounting
Spouse	−0.12	0.1	−0.30^**	−0.10	−0.06	0	−0.20^*	−0.17
Family	−0.12	0.1	−0.32^**	−0.22^**	−0.04	0.01	−0.23^**	−0.32^**
Medical professionals	−0.19^*	0.17^*	−0.44^**	−0.27^**	0.02	0.04	−0.12	−0.30^**
Work environment	−0.31^*	0.42^**	−0.31^*	−0.35^*	−0.09	−0.07	−0.13	−0.31^**
Social services	−0.02	0.05	−0.05	−0.13	−0.16	0.11	−0.17	−0.17
Lack of understanding
Spouse	−0.09	0.01	−0.18	−0.04	−0.06	−0.12	−0.13	0.05
Family	−0.02	−0.08	−0.22^**	−0.10	−0.02	−0.12	−0.21^**	−0.15
Medical professionals	−0.01	−0.01	−0.24^**	−0.14	−0.01	0	−0.19^*	−0.31^**
Work environment	−0.11	0.12	−0.31^*	−0.33^*	0.05	0	−0.09	−0.22^*
Social services	−0.17	−0.10	−0.09	0.06	−0.12	−0.02	−0.09	0.01

A negative correlation indicates that more discounting and lack of understanding is associated with worse mental well-being, worse physical and social functioning, and less severe pain.
↵* p<0.05,
↵** p<0.01.